A Monster Calls

By Patrick Ness, Jim Kay, Siobhan Dowd

Subjects: Self-realization, Cancer, fiction, Mother-son relationship, Self-actualization (Psychology), Single-parent families, England, fiction, Death, nyt:young-adult-paperback=2016-08-28, Parents, New York Times bestseller, Family, Children of cancer patients, Cancer, Social Themes, Mothers and sons, Monsters, fiction, Children's nightmares, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Monsters, Diseases, YOUNG ADULT FICTION, Single-parent families, fiction, Breast cancer, Juvenile fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction, Grief, fiction, Loss (Psychology) in children, Loss (Psychology), Death & Dying, Bullying in schools, Breast, Schools

Description: A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness. This is the story about 13 year old Conor and his mother who is dying of cancer. Conor has to face the cruelty of real life and learn to let his close and dearest go. When no human can help him Monster appears...