A Monster calls is a gift from a generous storyteller and a potent piece of art. The New York Times The monster in Conors backyard is not the one hes been expecting the one from the nightmare hes had every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowdwhose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herselfPatrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined. This paperback movie tie-in edition includes a book group discussion guide. Read more Ness brilliantly plays with contrasts: life and death, privacy and exposure, guilt and innocence. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An enthralling and provocative novel chronicling the life or perhaps afterlife of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world. A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown and completely abandoned. Whats going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, that this might not be the hell he fears it to be, that there might be more than just this. . . . Read more Also by Patrick Ness Crack dramatic and comic timing unforgettable penetrating The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut. Booklist (starred review) Grim and beautifully written. . . . Superb. . . . This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Ness offers incisive appraisals of violence, power, and human nature, and with the series complete, its clear that he has crafted one of the most important works of young adult science fiction in recent years. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Read more
Details e-book A Monster Calls: A Novel (Movie Tie-in): Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd
🗸 Author(s): Patrick Ness
🗸 Title: A Monster Calls: A Novel (Movie Tie-in): Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd
🗸 Rating : 4.8 from 5 stars (490 reviews)
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