Keywords: monsters, parents, breast cancer, loss, fantasy, magical realism, death and dying, love, hope, mothers, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd - whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself - Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.-from the publisher The monster in Conor’s backyard is not the one he’s been expecting - the one from the nightmare he’s had every night since his mother started her treatments. Patrick Ness’s Carnegie Medal–winning masterwork is poised to attract a discerning crossover audience.
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