A Monster Calls (2011)

April 1, 2014

338 1 minute read

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting– he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It’s ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd– whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself– Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

A Monster Calls Product Details

Author: Patrick Ness
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Candlewick
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763660655
ISBN-13: 978-0763660659

A Monster Calls Movie Details

J.A. Bayona directs the fantasy film; starring Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, and Felicity Jones. Focus Features releases A Monster Calls to theaters on January 6, 2017.

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April 1, 2014

338 1 minute read