A Monster Calls
2011 novel by Patrick Ness / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Monster Calls is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker in 2011.[1] Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences of his mother's illness. He is repeatedly visited in the middle of the night by a monster who tells stories. Dowd was terminally ill with cancer when she came up with the idea for the story, and died before she could write it.[3]
Author | Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) |
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Illustrator | Jim Kay |
Cover artist | Jim Kay |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy novel |
Publisher | Walker Books |
Publication date | 5 May 2011[1] |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 214 pp (first edition) 152 pp (pdf edition) |
ISBN | 978-1-4063-1152-5 |
OCLC | 754586643 |
LC Class | PZ7.N43843 Mok 2011[2] |
Ness and Kay respectively won the Carnegie Medal and the Greenaway Medal in 2012, the "year's best" children's literary awards by the British librarians (CILIP). A Monster Calls is the only book to have won both awards.[4][5][6][7]
The novel was adapted into the 2016 film of the same name.