Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don’t quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.
May 18, 2018
by Mrs Burgess on A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
This is a wonderful, yet upsetting story by Patrick Ness. The characters are so well written and you feel like you are right there with Conor throughout this story. A Monster Calls is such a sad story and it moved me to tears.