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A Monster Calls

Suitable for 11 – 18 years

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The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare: the one he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming. The monster in his back garden, though, is something quite different. Something ancient; something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

In this extraordinarily powerful novel about coming to terms with loss, Patrick Ness – the Costa Award-winning author of the Chaos Walking trilogy – spins a tale from the final idea of Carnegie Medal winner Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, it is a truly unforgettable work from two of our finest writers for young adults.

“No amount of words, superlatives or other, seem good enough. From an idea by Siobhan Dowd, Patrick Ness has written something very special.” Chicklish review

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781406339345

Publisher

Walker Books Ltd

Date published

February 2nd, 2012

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.8; Middle years; 5.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Patrick Ness

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Bestselling and award-winning novelist Patrick Ness was born in Virginia, USA, and spent his upbringing in the states of Hawaii, Washington and California. He has lived in London since 1999. He is the author of a novel and short story collection for adults, but is best known for the Chaos Walking trilogy: The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men. The trilogy has won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Costa Children’s Book of the Year Prize, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize. In 2011 Monsters of Men won the prestigious Carnegie Medal after all three books in the trilogy were shortlisted, the first time that has ever happened.

A Monster Calls is Patrick’s sixth book, created from the final idea of 2009 Carnegie Medal winner Siobhan Dowd, whose early death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. In 2012 it became the first book ever to win both the Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Award in the same year.

Jim Kay

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Jim Kay is the illustrator of Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls, which became the first book to win both the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Award in 2012. In 2015, he illustrated a stunning new full colour edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Jim studied illustration and worked in the archives of the Tate Gallery and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, two experiences that heavily influence his work. His images for A Monster Calls use everything from beetles to bread boards to help create interesting marks and textures. He lives in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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  1. Arctix
    on 10 May 2022

    its mid not the best book but its an alright book

    3 out of 5

  2. a-best11
    on 17 March 2015

    Love it!! It is a great book, I would definitely recommend it!! :)

    5 out of 5

  3. SmithC05
    on 23 December 2014

    This book made me cry therefore it is a very emotional book. It is very moving and is defiantly worth reading.

    5 out of 5

  4. AngelofDeath
    on 9 March 2014

    Really moving, a story about coming to terms with your nightmares.

  5. Mohsen1010
    on 7 March 2014

    A perfect modern fairy tale but not the one you would expect:an old and twisted kind of fairy tale. The darkly elegant illustrations complement the story beautifully. Very compelling, this book will touch your heart.

  6. FallenAngel16
    on 20 October 2013

    A good book that stays with you forever. Five stars!

  7. TheMileLongBookshelfBlog
    on 8 March 2013

    WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW OMG

  8. Nashdasher
    on 8 March 2013

    My mum was having the same treatment as Connors mum so I could really relate it was really moving

  9. Bookworm200253
    on 13 November 2012

    I abousloty loved it I was not scarery as I thought but It was heart breaking

    5 out of 5

  10. bethreads
    on 16 September 2012

    I absolutely loved this book, it was interesting, heartbreaking, wonderfully illustrated and just a very satisfying read.

    By bethreads

    5 out of 5