A monster calls

[lostinpants]

This amazing book has just won the Carnegie Medal. My DS read it on a recommendation from the school librarian and was so impressed I read it too. It had both of us in floods of tears, it is an emotional roller coaster of a book - a truly heart breaking tale of grief and loss, beautifully written & illustrated. There are a few threads on 'what to read next?' - try this. Best suited to mature Year6 upwards.

The review for this was so good that I put it on my baby's Amazon Wishlist, so that she can read it in a decade's time!

If you enjoyed that, try the Chaos Walking trilogy also by Patrick Ness - my boys (10 and 11) loved them (I read them too!)

It is an incredible book; don't get it on kindle -the illustrations are beautiful.
It's very suitable for considerably older children too (secondary) and adults.
I first heard about it when Patrick Ness tweeted

for the book last summer. , but I still think the german one is better (but it helps if you speak German of course!)

I enjoyed Chaos Walking immensely, but ds1 (12 at the time) didn't like it.

It's very different from The Monster Calls and wouldn't necessarily appeal to the same audience.

I haven't read the Monstor Calls yet - No 1 son bought it at the weekend and when he finishes then No 2 son gets it - Mum is at the back of the queue. Shame your son didn't enjoy the Chaos walking books. My younger boy has had one of the 3 books permanently glued to his hand for a couple of weeks.

He really struggled with the deliberate mis-spelling of words!

My boy just loved the dog but was confused as to whether it was actually talking or just thinking

Don't get me started on the dog!:(

lol "Poo Todd?"