Young Adult Fiction Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
Monsters
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2018
- Category
- Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Mental Illness, Superheroes, Aboriginal & Indigenous
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 7 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553797609
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $16.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553797487
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $20.95
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Downloadable audio file
- ISBN
- 9781553798965
- Publish Date
- Oct 2019
- List Price
- $26.99
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Description
“The ending...is so unexpected that readers will eagerly anticipate [the] third volume.”—Kirkus Reviews
Cole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest, the health clinic is on lockdown by a mysterious organization, and long-held secrets threaten to bubble to the surface. Can Cole learn the truth about his father's death? Why won't Choch give him a straight answer? Where the heck is Jayne? Oh, and high school sucks.
About the author
DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer and the TWUC Freedom to Read Award. His books include The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga; When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, graphic novel category); and the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). He is the creator and host of the podcast Kiwew. Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
Awards
- Winner, <DIV>test</DIV>
Editorial Reviews
Cole, 17, is an interesting main character caught in a web of deception and surrounded by threatening people and circumstances. One of the main themes of the book is Cole’s mental health and his need to deal with sometimes crippling anxiety. There are times he can talk himself down, times he needs medication and times that the support from his friends help him cope. Robertson speaks from personal experience, and so his portrayal of Cole is filled with realism as well as understanding and empathy.
Highly Recommended.
CM Association
without spoiling the ending, readers need to be prepared for David A. Robertson's plot twist...Monsters closes out with a shock and a gasp that will have readers waiting for Book Three in the series, Ghosts, to learn how Cole, the Reckoner, is able to make peace for himself and Wounded Sky. Spring 2019 can't come soon enough.
CanLit for LittleCanadians
The ending...is so unexpected that readers will eagerly anticipate a third volume. A satisfying continuation of a moody, stylish series.
Kirkus Reviews
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