TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ness,Patrick
AU  - Dowd,Siobhan
TI  - A Monster Calls
SN  - 9780763692155
U1  - F NES 23
PY  - 2016///, c2011
CY  - Somerville, Mass.
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Monsters
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Schools
KW  - Single-parent families
KW  - Breast
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Loss (Psychology)
KW  - England
N1  - Previously published in 2011 with illustrations. This edition lacks illustrations; Includes book group discussion guide; 730L; Lexile; Middle grade; Accelerated Reader AR; MG+; 4.8; 5; 147163
N2  - 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
ER  -