A Monster Calls

An extraordinary novel of love, loss and hope.

A soul-touching tale of a young boy coping with his mother’s terminal illness. Set in England, A Monster Calls follows a disquieted 13-year-old named Conor O’Malley in the wake of his mother’s cancer diagnosis. Conor’s anxieties are intensified by school bullies, stilted sympathy from school officials, his absent father, and his tenuous relationship with his grandmother.