01542cam a2200397 i 4500 99303542 TxAuBib 20120406120000.0 101029s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780763655594 hardcover 0763655597 hardcover (OCoLC)690584334 TxAuBib rda Ness, Patrick, 1971- A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay. 1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2011. 204 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 730 Lexile. 20191007. Mothers and sons Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Single-parent families Fiction. Breast cancer Fiction. Schools Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction. Loss (Psychology) Fiction. England Fiction. Kay, Jim. Dowd, Siobhan. BSBPL