Format:
Book
Author:
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Title:
A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publisher, Date:
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Description:
204 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
Subjects:
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.
Young adult fiction.
England -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Author:
Dowd, Siobhan.
Kay, James, ill.
LCCN:
2010040741
ISBN:
9780763655594 (hbk.)
0763655597 (hbk.)
9780605596894 (Perma-bound)
9780763655594 (hbk.)
Other Number:
690584334
System Availability:
150
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
1372486
Call Number:
[Fic]
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
137