TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ness,Patrick
AU  - Kay,Jim
TI  - A monster calls: a novel 
SN  - 0329913611
AV  - PZ7.N43843 Mok 2011
U1  - F NES 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Somerville, Mass.
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Breast cancer
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Loss (Psychology)
KW  - Monsters
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Schools
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology)
KW  - Single-parent families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Mother-son relationship
KW  - School stories
KW  - Self-realization
KW  - England
N1  - Booklist starred; Pub Weekly; School Library Journal starred; Booklist starred, July 2011; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2011; Horn Book, September 2011; Kirkus Starred, July 2011; New York Times, October 2011; Pub Weekly, June 2011; School Library Journal starred, September 2011; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2011; Young Adult; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources
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  -