A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness. This is the story about 13 year old Conor and his mother who is dying of cancer. Conor has to face the cruelty of real life and learn to let his close and dearest go. When no human can help him Monster appears...

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About Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness

Born 1971

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“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”

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“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.”

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“And if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn't even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.”

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“Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.”

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