"Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?”

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd
London : Walker Books, 2011.

Every night, at 12.07, a monster calls on thirteen year-old Conor. He lives in England with his mother, who is slowly but surely dying of cancer. This book is based on a story idea by Siobhan Dowd, but cancer took her life before she was able to finish it. Patrick Ness, author of the utterly brilliant Chaos Walking trilogy, finished it off, and his dark, compelling voice illuminates the pages.