A Monster Calls

Das Monster zeigte sich zum ersten Mal kurz nach Mitternacht, wie es bei Monstern üblich ist. Doch es ist nicht das Monster aus seinen Albträumen, die anfingen, als seine Mutter mit der Behandlung anfing. Es ist etwas anderes, etwas sehr Altes, sehr Wildes. Und es will die gefährlichste Sache von Connor, die man sich vorstellen kann: Die Wahrheit.

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Ness is the author of the critically-acclaimed and bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. He lives in Los Angeles, USA. Siobhan Dowd was the widely-loved, prize-winning author of four books, two of which were published after her death from cancer, aged 47. In 2009, she became the first author ever posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal. Jim Kay studied illustration and worked in the archives of the Tate Gallery and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, two experiences that heavily influence his work. His images for A Monster Calls use everything from beetles to bread boards to create interesting marks and textures. He lives in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Klappentext NOW A MAJOR MOVIE ON AMAZON PRIME! The bestselling novel and major movie about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... This monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive. Zusammenfassung An extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.

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NOW A MAJOR MOVIE ON AMAZON PRIME!

The bestselling novel and major movie about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.

The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... This monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

Zusammenfassung
An extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.