A monster calls, a novel, by Patrick Ness ; from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay
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A monster calls, a novel, by Patrick Ness ; from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
A monster calls
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
by Patrick Ness ; from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay
Sub title
a novel
Summary
The monster showed up just after midnight. 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 monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild., An extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.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, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Costa Award winner Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final idea of much-loved Carnegie Medal winner Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, A Monster Calls is an extraordinarily moving novel of coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults
Target audience
adolescent
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Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
- Classic fiction
- General
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
- Teenage Fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & health
- Young adult fiction
- "Children's / Teenage general interest: Monsters, dragons & mythological creatures"
- Psychological fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism
- Electronic books
Subject
- Psychological fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
- "Children's / Teenage general interest: Monsters, dragons & mythological creatures"
- Electronic books
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
- Classic fiction
- Children of cancer patients -- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & health
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement
- General
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories
- Teenage Fiction
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- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre15
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
- Classic fiction
- General
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
- Teenage Fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & health
- Young adult fiction
- "Children's / Teenage general interest: Monsters, dragons & mythological creatures"
- Psychological fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism
- Electronic books
- Subject16
- Psychological fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
- "Children's / Teenage general interest: Monsters, dragons & mythological creatures"
- Electronic books
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
- Classic fiction
- Children of cancer patients -- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & health
- Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement
- General
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories
- Teenage Fiction
- Other version1