A Monster Calls
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02 February 2012Synopsis
The bestselling novel and major film about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.
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... This monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.
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02 February 2012
9781406339345Reviews
Moving and compelling . . . outstanding writingThe East Anglian Times
A haunting narrative dominated by symbol and atmosphereRobert Dunbar, Irish Times
Incredibly thought-provoking and emotional . . . a complete stunner of a book which I couldn't rate anything below five out of five stars. I loved it!UKYA
Dark and dangerous, beautifully illustrated and even a bit hopeful.Charlie Fletcher, author of the Stoneheart trilogy