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Author

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

Imprint

Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS Fantasy	F NESS	---	Billed

Edition	1st U.S. ed.
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.
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.
	Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
	Monsters -- Fiction.
	Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
	Schools -- Fiction.
	Single-parent families -- Fiction.
	Breast cancer -- Fiction.
	Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
	England -- Juvenile fiction.
	England -- Fiction.
Added Author	Dowd, Siobhan.
	Kay, Jim, ill.
ISBN	9780763655594 (hbk.)
	0763655597 (hbk.)
Standard No.	NZ1 13626949