PatrickNess’sCarnegieMedal-winningmasterworkispoisedtoattractadiscerningcrossoveraudience.ThemonsterinConor’sbackyardisnottheonehe’sbeenexpecting--theonefromthenightmarehe’shadeverynightsincehismotherstartedhertreatments.Thismonsterisancient.Andwild.AnditwantssomethingfromConor.Somethingterribleanddangerous.Itwantsthetruth.Fromthefinalideaofaward-winningauthorSiobhanDowd--whoseprematuredeathfromcancerpreventedherfromwritingitherself--PatrickNesshasspunahauntinganddarklyfunnynovelofmischief,loss,andmonstersbothrealandimagined.
