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    A Monster CallsSeries

    series · 2 books · 2011

    Fantasy, emotional in tone, about coming of age.

    “A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”

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    Barbara Comyns · standalone novel · 1985

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    “The penultimate novel of the author, it combines gothic literature, family drama, magical realism, and fairy tale.”

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