A Monster Calls

Goodness, just finished reading this book - very raw & emotional but very readable too - it really wasn’t what I imagined when I first looked it out… 💕

Am incredibly powerful sorry covering fear, loss and anger.

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A MONSTER CALLS by PATRICK NESS This is a wonderfully written story of magic and monsters. As well as it being a monster story it also goes through the boy's mother's cancer treatment. Determind to save his mother he calls the monster who tells him three storys wich teach him three different lessons. I would recommend this novella to almost anyone. Ages: 9+ Read if you like: -Fantasy -Magic -Monsters -Bullying -Sadness

An amazing read! I have not read a book that is so powerful and emotional as this in a long time. It is brilliantly written and sensitively handles the subject of sickness and death. I was hoping it may suitable for Year Sixes but I think ideally children need to be a little older or emotionally mature.

A full-on heart-wrencher. I had to pull my boys in for a hug afterwards

A beautiful book about love, loss and most of all hope. A great read for 7 -11 year olds.

Fiction. This book gets me every time and, although I can’t imagine teaching it, I recommend it to my KS3 students at every opportunity. It’s a true classic.

At the start it was a bit scary but the way my teacher told us was funny and we loved hearing the story.

A very emotional book with some relevant themes, . I liked the main character in the story and felt sorry for him because he was bullied and his mum was very poorly.

I tore through this book in one sitting. It was such a gripping read and so thought-provoking. My heart broke for Conor throughout the story with all of the different events that happened to him. His journey is representative of the mental health struggles that people face every day. I think this book is an essential reading text for older children - so powerful!

I think the book was ok, but the end wasn't happy. If you are looking for a scary book then don't choose this one because it's not scary either.

This novel I managed to read quite quickly, I kept reading on, to try understanding why the monster had appeared and the truth Connor was keeping to himself. The story focused on highly emotional situations and complicated relationships with thoughts and feelings experienced during different life scenarios. Ideal novel to read with a class to open a conversation about trauma and dealing with anger, frustration and confusion.

A beautiful, fantastic, heartwarming story about the challenges of dealing with having a terminally ill parent.

This novel I managed to read quite quickly, I kept reading on to try understand why the monster had appeared and the truth Connor was keeping to himself. The story focused on highly emotional situations and complicated relationships with thoughts and feelings experienced during different life scenarios. Ideal novel to read with a class to open a conversation about trauma and dealing with anger, frustration and confusion.

The way Ness managed to captivate the emotions of Conor and his grief was very interesting. I found that it was very insightful to see the way that it could impact someone so young and the way he dealt with his emotions. Also, I feel this novel would be good to discuss the ways people deal with trauma and to see what they thought Conors truth would be before finding out.

This book is really good and i will recomend it to any young readers

A beautifully written story that’s full of emotion, A Monster Calls is a lovely book made with passion. One of the best books in English literature, this book really spike out to me

Hi! Personally I found this book kinda scary! I would probably recommend this book for perhaps 10-14 year olds as some of the words can be quite confusing to younger children!

A beautiful written book about Love,Hope,Loss and Family. I love it!! I hope you do!