A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (who wrote the Chaos Walking Trilogy) is one of the best books I have read in a while. I got this book in yesterday afternoon. I read half yesterday and read the rest this morning. Tears were streaming down my eyes! Actually I was crying yesterday. It was soooo good. Here's the premise...Conor is a 13 year old boy whose mother (who is a single parent) is dying of cancer. A monster in the shape of a monsterous yew tree visits him and tells him that he will tell him three tales and the fourth Conor must tell the monster and it must be the truth. Conor's monster wrecks havoc in his world causing serious damage. The monster insists he was called by Conor. Will this monter kill him or save him?
This book is a total OMELET! It is appropriate for middle school and up. The black and white illustrations that accompany it really adds to it. There is mild violence, bullying & a mention of an intimate situation (nothing at all graphic)...Get out a box of kleenex. You'll need it.
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