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Reread (on audio) to prepare for reading it with my 8th graders.
"Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak." the monster of the book tells us. And he is right.
An imaginative and interesting book about a boy grappling with his mother's illness. It is sad and tender and strange like the relationship between the "monster" and the boy. Like many dangerous things we experience, the things that scare us sometimes protect us and challenge us and this is partly the lesson the main character learns h ...more
An imaginative and interesting book about a boy grappling with his mother's illness. It is sad and tender and strange like the relationship between the "monster" and the boy. Like many dangerous things we experience, the things that scare us sometimes protect us and challenge us and this is partly the lesson the main character learns h ...more
Jan 01, 2012
Alexis
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it was amazing
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Another amazing book by Patrick Ness. It had me sobbing something fierce at the end. Nothing like a book about a child losing his mother to cancer to make you put your life in perspective. Sigh. I can't wait to see what Patrick Ness publishes next. Also, I need to check out some Siobhan Dowd books since many authors have raved about her books and Ness actually wrote A Monster Calls after getting the inspiration for it from Dowd, posthumously, I believe.
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I savored this one; it took me several weeks to make my way through. I was lost in the haunting black and white drawings and the complexity of Ness's story. I read and re-read. I found myself writing favorite lines to keep for later.
This story was beautiful and sad and so important. ...more
This story was beautiful and sad and so important. ...more
May 22, 2012
Mandy
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Amy Richard
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Crystal
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