Ranked #3 in Monsters, Ranked #3 in Illustrated — see more rankings.
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.
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At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.
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Rankings by Category
A Monster Calls is ranked in the following categories:
- #29 in Abstract
- #17 in Air
- #86 in Amazing
- #75 in Autumn
- #47 in Award-Winning
- #21 in Beautiful
- #34 in Black and White
- #67 in Blue
- #69 in Boy
- #8 in Bullying
- #6 in Cancer
- #76 in Coming Of Age
- #66 in Courage
- #12 in Death
- #38 in Diseases
- #16 in Divorce
- #37 in Dying
- #27 in Emotional
- #79 in Emotions
- #83 in Fall
- #31 in Family
- #39 in Fear
- #58 in Finding Yourself
- #77 in Grace
- #6 in Grief
- #66 in Growing Up
- #86 in Halloween
- #68 in Healing
- #51 in Heartbreak
- #63 in Horror
- #19 in Illustration
- #70 in Inspiring
- #49 in Life Lessons
- #39 in Loneliness
- #56 in Magical Fantasy
- #24 in Magical Realism
- #91 in Older Children
- #84 in Reviewed
- #16 in Sad
- #14 in Sadness
- #54 in Scary
- #47 in Short
- #60 in Storytelling
- #97 in Teen
- #80 in Teen Fiction
- #4 in Teen Horror
- #63 in Thought-Provoking
- #100 in Young Adult
- #93 in Young Adult Fiction