Like Pixar’s Inside Out, A Monster Calls reminds children and teenagers ... It’s 12.07am, and the yew tree in the field opposite is unbending, to reveal itself as a fire-breathing monster ...

A Monster Calls byPatrick Ness is a fantasy novel about ... The story begins when Conor wakes from a nightmare at 12:07am. The yew tree outside his bedroom has turned into a gigantic monster.