A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
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.
I have not read this book myself yet, but I keep hearing how amazing it is! It is being made into a movie, too!
2011 British Children's Book of the Year
2012 Carnegie Medal recipient
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Themes: Death, Cancer, Family, Love
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