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A monster calls

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.

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Main Author:	Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Corporate Authors:	Brilliance Audio (Firm), Bolinda Audio (Firm), Recorded Books, LLC
Other Authors:	Dowd, Siobhan, Isaacs, Jason, 1963- (Narrator)
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Haven, MI : Prince Frederick, MD : Brilliance Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books, [2013], p2011.
Edition:	Unabridged.
Subjects:	Self-actualization (Psychology) > Young adult fiction. Monsters > Young adult fiction. Mothers and sons > Young adult fiction. Schools > Young adult fiction. Single-parent families > Young adult fiction. Breast > Cancer > Young adult fiction. Loss (Psychology) > Young adult fiction. England > Young adult fiction. Audiobooks > Young adult.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Recording originally produced by Bolinda Publishing Pty. Ltd., p2011. Includes an introduction read by the author.
Physical Description:	5 discs [4 sound discs + 1 CD-ROM] (4 hr., 1 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience:	14 years and up.
ISBN:	9781455899166 (audio book on CD) 145589916X (audio book on CD)
Author Notes:	Patrick Ness was born on October 17, 1971 near Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He studied English Literature and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He was a corporate writer before moving to London in 1999. He taught creative writing at Oxford University and is a literary critic and reviewer for the Guardian and other major newspapers. He is the author of eight novels including The Rest of Us Just Live Here and a short story collection entitled Topics About Which I Know Nothing. His young adult novels include the Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, and Monsters of Men, which won the Carnegie Medal. A Monster Calls won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration, the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a movie and released in October 2016. (Bowker Author Biography)