Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2016 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
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An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But 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 monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. 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.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But 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 monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. 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.
Awards
Charlotte Award
2014 · Middle School/Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Green Mountain Book Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2014 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2013 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2012 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
Greenaway Medal
2012 · Illustrator · Winner
Indies Choice Book Award
2012 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2012 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2012 · Young Adult · Commended
Carnegie Medal
2012 · Children's · Winner
Cybils
2011 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr · Finalist
Booklist Editors Choice
2011 · Youth
L.A. Times Book Prize
2011 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
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