Ness, Patrick,  1971- <br/><br/>
A monster calls :  a novel / 
by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - Somerville, Mass. :  Candlewick Press,  2011. 
 - 204 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763655594 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010040741 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.<br/>Monsters--Fiction.<br/>Mothers and sons--Fiction.<br/>Schools--Fiction.<br/>Single-parent families--Fiction.<br/>Breast cancer--Fiction.<br/>Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>England--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.N43843  / Mok 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]