5/29/2023 0 Comments Jim kay a monster calls![]() Conor’s mum, as the book calls her, has been sick for a long time, and now the treatments aren’t working.Įveryone in the story - Conor, his mum, his grandma who doesn’t fit comfortably into his life, his dad who moved to the U.S. Conor makes his own breakfast and packs his own lunch for school because she no longer has the strength to do those things for him. His mother is sick with an unnamed illness, but we recognize it as cancer: The treatments make her throw up and her hair has fallen out. It’s the story of Conor, a 13-year-old boy in a small town in England. Written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, the book grew from an original idea by author Siobhan Dowd, who died before being able to complete the book herself. “A Monster Calls” was an award-winning young adult novel before it was a movie based on the book. The cover art and illustrations in “A Monster Calls” evoke the grief and inner turmoil of a 13-year-old boy whose mother is dying of cancer. ![]()
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