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A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd - Paperback

by Patrick Ness
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Availability:In StockContributor:Patrick Ness, Jim Kay (Illustrator)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-03-12Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763660659ISBN-10:763660655UPC:9780763660659Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Monsters, FamilyBook Topic:Death, Grief, Bereavement, ParentsAward:2014 Green Mountain Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 AwardSize:8.10 x 6.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCWSR08BJ1
Patrick Ness's Carnegie Medal-winning masterwork is poised to attract a discerning crossover audience.

The monster in Conor's backyard is not the one he's been expecting -- the one from the nightmare he's had every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763660659ISBN-10:763660655UPC:9780763660659Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Monsters, FamilyBook Topic:Death, Grief, Bereavement, ParentsAward:2014 Green Mountain Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 AwardSize:8.10 x 6.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCWSR08BJ1
Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children's Book Award. Born in Virginia, he lives in London.

Siobhan Dowd spent twenty years as a human rights campaigner for PEN and Amnesty International before her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was published in 2006. She won the Carnegie Medal posthumously in 2009 after her death at the age of forty-seven.

Jim Kay studied illustration and worked in the archives of the Tate Gallery and the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, two experiences that heavily influence his work. His images for A Monster Calls use everything from beetles to breadboards to create interesting marks and textures. Jim Kay lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

Awards

🏆 2014 Green Mountain Book Award Nominee - Grades 9-12 Award

Contributor(s)

Patrick Ness, Jim Kay (Illustrator)

Author

Patrick Ness

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