![]() Until one night, Conor is visited by a monster - a giant creature formed from the yew tree that Conor can see from his bedroom window. Conor’s father departed years ago for a new life with a new wife and baby in America, and Conor lives alone with his mother in a small English town, where he attends school in a fog of despair and loneliness.Īt night, though, the nightmares start. Conor’s mother has cancer, and despite her cheery reassurances, the latest round of chemo does not seem to be going well. What can I say about a book like this? Beautiful and awful are two words that come to mind, but neither do justice to the power of A Monster Calls.Ī Monster Calls is the story of Conor O’Malley, a 13-year-old so isolated by suffering that he’s become practically invisible to the world around him. ![]() ![]() Book Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness ![]()
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