{"id":974,"date":"2014-07-31T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=974"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:16:08","slug":"a-monster-calls-discussion-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/a-monster-calls-discussion-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"A Monster Calls – discussion recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Monster Calls<\/h1>\n

by Patrick Ness<\/h2>\n

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Find the book in our library:\u00a0 A Monster Calls<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Discussion<\/h2>\n

BEST: \u00a0amazing illustrations, layers of darkness, folklore storytelling, and the uncertainty of sanity<\/p>\n

WORST: One teen felt the language was too simplistic and therefore should have been marketed to middle schoolers<\/p>\n

Rating: \u00a04.5 STARS<\/p>\n

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Comments:<\/p>\n

\u201cA Monster Calls questions the various shades of pain and guilt, the real and the imagined. \u00a0A beautiful, magical, and wonderfully sad book.\u201d –Jane<\/p>\n

\u201cI was intrigued by the illustrations and the folklore feeling of A Monster Calls. \u00a0The personification of the boy\u2019s feelings and actions are very well done. \u00a0It\u2019s a story to be shared.\u201d –Kate<\/p>\n

\u201cNess masterfully weaves a story which reminds us of our own demons and fears. \u00a0A heartbreaking tale.\u201d –Alfonso<\/p>\n

Giveaways<\/h2>\n

Copies of Patrick Ness’ The Knife of Never Letting Go and a hand painted A Monster Calls book box<\/p>\n

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\"Teen<\/a>
Teen volunteer Mariah D. hand painted this incredible “A Monster Calls” book box, which was raffled out at our A Monster Calls discussion on June 26 at Central.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Find the book in our library:\u00a0 A Monster Calls Summary:\u00a0Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews","tag-book-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-fI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":934,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/summer-reading-challenge-week-3-winners\/","url_meta":{"origin":974,"position":0},"title":"Summer Reading Challenge week 3 — winners","author":"Jane Gov","date":"July 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Week 3 of the Teen SRC included a mixed media collage workshop, beginning bead weaving, and a book club! \u00a0 \u00a0 The lucky 10 random raffle winners of week 3 received $15 Starbucks gift cards.\u00a0 The winners are: Kayla A. 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