TY - BOOK AU - Ness,Patrick AU - Kay,Jim TI - A monster calls: a novel SN - 9781406339345 (pbk.) U1 - 823.92 22 PY - 2011/// CY - London, [England] PB - Walker Books KW - Self-actualization (Psychology) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Monsters KW - Mothers and sons KW - Schools KW - Single-parent families KW - Breast cancer KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - Premiers Reading Challenge 7-9 KW - England KW - Young adult fiction N2 - 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 ER -