A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay
Since his mom’s cancer diagnosis, Conor has been having nightmares in which... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2011
Word Count 33,446
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 147163
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Young Adult Fiction | Monsters
- Schools
- England
- Loss (Psychology)
- Cancer
- Breast cancer--Fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Single-parent families
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Breast
- Monsters--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction
- Monsters
- Breast cancer
- Young Adult Fiction
- England--Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2012

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Carnegie Medal, 1936-2020
Winner, 2012

Kate Greenaway Medal, 1962-2020
Winner, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2011
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