About the Book: A Monster Calls
The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie
Medal-winning Patrick Ness. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his
mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that dont quite
seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, theres a
visitor at his window. Its ancient, elemental, a force of nature. 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
anextraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and