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A monster calls : a novel
- Title
- A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay.
- Author
- Ness, Patrick, 1971-
- Publication
- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 12-549 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 204 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction
- Children of cancer patients > Juvenile fiction
- Parents > Death > Juvenile fiction
- Monsters > Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction
- Children's nightmares > Juvenile fiction
- Bullying in schools > Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction
- Breast > Cancer > Juvenile fiction
- Loss (Psychology) in children > Juvenile fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction
- Monsters > Fiction
- Mothers and sons > Fiction
- Schools > Fiction
- Single-parent families > Fiction
- Breast cancer > Fiction
- Loss (Psychology) > Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Family > Parents
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Monsters
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Social Themes > Death & Dying
- Breast > Cancer
- Bullying in schools
- Children of cancer patients
- Children's nightmares
- Loss (Psychology) in children
- Monsters
- Mothers and sons
- Parents > Death
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Single-parent families
- England > Juvenile fiction
- England > Fiction
- England
- Genre/Form
- Young adult fiction.
- Young adult works.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Awards (note)
- Kate Greenaway Medal, 2012
- Carnegie Medal Award, 2012
- Call Number
- JFD 12-549
- ISBN
- 9780763655594
- 0763655597
- LCCN
- 2010040741
- 9780763655594
- OCLC
- 690584334
- Author
- Ness, Patrick, 1971-
- Title
- A monster calls : a novel / by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay.
- Imprint
- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Study Program
- Accelerated Reader MG+ 4.8 5.Reading Counts 6-8 4.5 9.Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.8 5.0 147163.Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.5 9 Quiz: 55561.
- Awards
- Kate Greenaway Medal, 2012Carnegie Medal Award, 2012
- Added Author
- Kay, Jim (Illustrator)Dowd, Siobhan.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780763655594 51699
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-549