{"product_id":"2940172262180","title":"A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe monster showed up after midnight. As they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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 one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monster, though, is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Ness spins a tale from the final story idea of Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, \u003ci\u003eA Monster Calls\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling...powerful and impressive.\" -Philip Pullman, author of the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exceptional...this is storytelling as it should be-harrowing, lyrical, and transcendent.\" -Meg Rosoff, author of the Printz Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eHow I Live Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant and elegant, with all the thrills and ambition you would expect from the author of the Chaos Walking trilogy.\" -Frank Cottrell Boyce, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMillions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCosmic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting, lyrical, powerful, and true. Patrick Ness has crafted a masterful story about grief and loss, love and hope that lingers in the heart like a ghost.\" -Libba Bray, author of the Printz Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eGoing Bovine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123589202160,"sku":"2940172262180","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172262180_p0.jpg?v=1763757312","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172262180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}