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A monster calls : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Down ; illustrations by Jim Kay. --

Ness, Patrick, 1971- (Author). Dowd, Siobhan. (Added Author). Kay, Jim, illustrator. (Added Author).

Summary:

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0763655597
  • ISBN: 9780763655594
  • Physical Description: 204 p. : ill.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed. --
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 19.00
Subject: Monsters > Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Breast > Cancer > Juvenile fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
England > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Horror fiction.
Psychological fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children’s Book Award. Born in Virginia, he lives in London.

Siobhan Dowd spent twenty years as a human rights campaigner for PEN and Amnesty International before her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was published in 2006. She won the Carnegie Medal posthumously in 2009 after her death at the age of forty-seven.

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

Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children's Book Award. Born in Virginia, he lives in London.

Siobhan Dowd spent twenty years as a human rights campaigner for PEN and Amnesty International before her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was published in 2006. She won the Carnegie Medal posthumously in 2009 after her death at the age of forty-seven.

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


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