Dandelion Clocks

A Face First

Monster Hunters: Nightmare Academy

The Apprentices

The Box of Delights

Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story

Little Bits of Sky

Immortal City

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.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Dandelion Clocks

Rebecca Westcott, 2014

A Face First

Priscilla Cummings, 2001

Monster Hunters: Nightmare Academy

Brandon Dorman, Dean Lorey, 2007

The Apprentices

Ian Schoenherr, Maile Meloy, 2013

The Box of Delights

John Masefield, 1935

Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story

Marilyn Nelson, Tonya C. Hegamin, 2008

Little Bits of Sky

Katie Harnett, S.E. Durrant, 2016

Immortal City

Scott Speer, 2012