A Monster Calls

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Title

A Monster Calls

Subject

Monsters
Death and Children
Loss

Description

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.

Creator

Author: Patrick Ness
Illustrator: Jim Kay
inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd

Source

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Publisher

Candlewick Press

Date

2011

Rights

This item is covered under fair use. It is used in education and research (analysis of death in childhood) for entirely non-profit educational purposes and will not affect the market value of copyrighted works. No images of work by others constitutes any infringement of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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Citation

Author: Patrick Ness, Illustrator: Jim Kay, and inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd, “A Monster Calls,” Cradle and Grave: Childhood and Death in the Baldwin Archives , accessed May 14, 2024, https://cradleandgrave.omeka.net/items/show/192.

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