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A Monster Calls Condition:Like New tells of a young boy'sAn unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen year old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different.