A Monster Calls
Award-winning dark fantasy novel about love, loss and hope – now a major movie
Age 12+
Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945) Science Fiction
NOW A MAJOR MOVIE ON AMAZON PRIME!
The bestselling novel and major movie about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.
The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... This monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.
Creators
Patrick Ness is the author of the award-winning and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy and the critically-acclaimed novels More Than This and The Rest of Us Just Live Here. John Green has described him as "an insanely beautiful writer". He has won every major prize in children's fiction, including the Carnegie Medal twice.
Reviews
It sucker-punched me and moved me greatly, and the writing was fantastic, as well as the creepy yet beautiful illustrations that accompanied it.
The Moonlight Library
This book achieves unforgettable emotional impact. Patrick Ness’ lyrical writing draws on folk traditions to tell the story […]
Good Housekeeping
