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A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd, Jim Kay
by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd, Jim Kay
Kellee's review
bookshelves: middle-grade, ya-teen, horror-thriller-suspense, amazon-review-done, nyt-notable-of-2011, mr-schu-2011-list, my-best-of-2011, teach-mentor-texts, death-or-dying, illustrated-novel, bullying, magical-realism, realistic-fiction
Jul 02, 11
bookshelves: middle-grade, ya-teen, horror-thriller-suspense, amazon-review-done, nyt-notable-of-2011, mr-schu-2011-list, my-best-of-2011, teach-mentor-texts, death-or-dying, illustrated-novel, bullying, magical-realism, realistic-fiction
Read in July, 2011
Reviewed at:
http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2012/...
After reading this book, the 5 stars of other books just don't seem justified. This little book is a piece of genius.
Also, I had a hard time putting it on the fantasy or horror shelf (although it is) because it is the most real book I've read in a long time. Books make me emotional very rarely (though it has been happening more often recently) and this one makes me cry even thinking about it. But it also made me laugh and be frightened. It truly is a journey. A rocky, scary, psychological journey for the reader as well as our protagonist, Conor.
Conor is a boy that is going through one of the hardest things any child could go through: his mother has cancer. On top of that, his parents divorced and his father is too busy with his new family to pay attention to Conor. Also, Conor doesn't exactly have the most pleasant time at school. At this point, he is okay being invisible. But then the monster calls. It comes shortly after midnight. It is not a monster that Conor fears, but the monster wants what Conor fears the most: the truth.
http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2012/...
After reading this book, the 5 stars of other books just don't seem justified. This little book is a piece of genius.
Also, I had a hard time putting it on the fantasy or horror shelf (although it is) because it is the most real book I've read in a long time. Books make me emotional very rarely (though it has been happening more often recently) and this one makes me cry even thinking about it. But it also made me laugh and be frightened. It truly is a journey. A rocky, scary, psychological journey for the reader as well as our protagonist, Conor.
Conor is a boy that is going through one of the hardest things any child could go through: his mother has cancer. On top of that, his parents divorced and his father is too busy with his new family to pay attention to Conor. Also, Conor doesn't exactly have the most pleasant time at school. At this point, he is okay being invisible. But then the monster calls. It comes shortly after midnight. It is not a monster that Conor fears, but the monster wants what Conor fears the most: the truth.
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02. Juli, 08:00 Uhr
So jealous!! I want to hear all about it
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Amazing, Kim, amazing! It is actually a copy that is being passed around Twitter- you should watch for Tweets asking who wants it next :)
So true about the weight of 5 star books!! THIS is why I don't hand them out to books some people do. Geez, Patrick Ness reduces me to a blubbering mess. I love that man!
