Making Friends With Monsters

"An urgent, unflinching YA novel about the "monsters" of depression and family dysfunction." -Booklife, Editor's Pick

Why does everything have to be so complicated? Why? Monsters That's why They stick their scungy little noses into everything.

Twelve-year-old Sam learns this lesson the hard way. His fact-finding mission about Monsters starts off with the best of intensions. He just wants to help his older brother, Ben. After a terrible accident awakens his own Monster, Sam's behaviour starts causing problems with everyone, including the girl he loves. He discovers the family secret that caused Ben's downward spiral and realizes that someone else also has a Monster. And the hideous beast did something really bad.

If Sam is to get through this mess, he needs to find a way to make friends with his Monster before the ravenous beast turns around and swallows him whole.

Themes include: Mental health, suicide, and family dysfunction.