A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2011
Word Count 33,446
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 147163, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Young Adult Fiction | Monsters
- Schools
- England
- Loss (Psychology)
- Cancer
- Breast cancer--Fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Single-parent families
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Breast
- Monsters--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction
- Monsters
- Breast cancer
- Young Adult Fiction
- England--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Great Middle School Reads
- Death & Loss
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
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Awards & Distinctions 8

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2012

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2022
Selection, 2012

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Top 10 Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2011
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