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One dark night, the yew tree outside 13-year-old Conor's window comes to life and makes a house call. The monster tells Conor three inscrutable stories and then demands from him the scariest thing of all...the truth. In his waking hours, Conor is plagued by the attention of the school bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 7 Up—Conor O'Malley, 13, is having a difficult time. At school, he copes with bullying and loneliness. His father is living in America with his new family, and at home he has to contend with a recurring nightmare that torments him every night. His mother is seriously ill and undergoing painful cancer treatments. One night, he wakes up to a voice calling his name. An ancient, treelike monster, hovering over him like a sleeping giant, has co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Conor's mum has cancer; his father lives in America with his new family and rarely visits; he doesn't get along with his grandma who helps look after his mother; he's picked on by a bully and feels isolated from the other kids at school; and he consistently has the same nightmare that he tells no one about. No one, that is, until a monster spirit, in the form of a yew tree, comes to visit Conor (always at 12:07), to tell him three stories before Conor must te...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd. A monster spirit visits Conor to tell him three stories before Conor must tell him a fourth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More