Not Your Average Pre-teenOkay, to be fair, in some ways, Conor's totally typical for a junior-high boy: he's sarcastic, he feels ripped off because he's had to spend the last six years of his life...

Okay, we'll use the British word here and call her Mum, since that's what Conor calls her. She's dying of cancer, and the entire novel centers around that fact. She adores Conor, but she lies to hi...

Conor's father moved to America with his new wife six years before A Monster Calls takes place. He comes to visit Conor for a few days wile Conor's mom is in the hospital, but then he has to rush b...

Meet Conor's mothers' mother, who comes to stay with them when Conor's mom gets really sick. She's a funky one, Grandma. She lives in a pristine house, she dyes her hair so her gray won't show, she...