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A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay. |
| Authors: | Ness, Patrick, 1971- |
| Call number: | TEEN FIC NES |
| Publisher: | Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011. |
| Publication date: | 2011. |
| Subject: |
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Monsters -- Fiction. Mothers and sons -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. Single-parent families -- Fiction. Breast -- Cancer -- Fiction. Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction. Teen literature. England -- Fiction. |
| 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. |
| Physical description: | 204 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Added author: | Dowd, Siobhan. |
| ISBN: | 9780763655594 0763655597 |
| LCCN: | 2010040741 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1320048 |
| Bib No.: | 1320048 |