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A monster calls

Ness, Patrick 1971- (author.). Dowd, Siobhan. (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: 9780763680817
  • ISBN: 0763680818
  • Physical Description: print
    225 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previously published in 2011 with illustrations. This edition lacks illustrations.
"Includes a book group discussion guide"--Page [4] of cover.
"Soon to be a major motion picture"--Cover.
Awards Note:
Kate Greenaway Medal 2012; Carnegie Medal Award 2012.
Subject: Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
Monsters -- Juvenile fiction
Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
Schools -- Juvenile fiction
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
Breast -- Cancer -- Juvenile fiction
Loss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
England -- Fiction
Breast -- Cancer
Loss (Psychology)
Monsters
Mothers and sons
Schools
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Single-parent families
England
Genre: Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library YA F NES (Text) DCL152342 Young Adult Volume hold Available -
Pouce Coupe Public Library F NES (Text) 35333000307482 Fiction Volume hold Available -

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520 . ‡aThirteen-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.
586 . ‡aKate Greenaway Medal 2012; Carnegie Medal Award 2012.
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