A MASSIVE congratulations to Patrick Ness for the historic achievement of winning the Carnegie two years running AND winning both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Prizes simultaneously.
A Monster Calls is a truly exceptional book and a mighty winner! It is one of those books that EVERYONE should read! The story is moving, evocative, primal, mythic and personal; the language is beautiful and elegant and so economical; the illustrations are breath taking. Truly, genuinely inspiring!
Woo-hoo! This is excellent news. I read this at the very end of last year and it’s made a beautiful impression on me that will last as long as I do.
It is the best book I have read in ages! I bored friends, family and colleagues by enthusing about it for weeks after reading it!