The True Tale of the Monster Billy De..., David Almond
The True Tale of the Monster Billy De..., David Almond
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The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

Author: David Almond

Narrator: David Almond

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014

Synopsis

From master storyteller David Almond comes a gripping, exquisitely written novel about a hidden-away child who emerges into a broken world.Billy Dean is a secret child. He has a beautiful young mother and a father who arrives at night carrying the scents of candles and incense and cigarettes. Birds fly to his window. Mice run out from his walls. His world is a carpet, a bed, pictures of the holy island, and a single locked door. His father fills his mind and his dreams with mysterious tales and memories and dreadful warnings. But then his father disappears, and Billy’s mother brings him out into the world at last. He learns the horrifying story of what was saved and what was destroyed on the day he was born, the day the bombers came to Blinkbonny. The kind butcher, Mr. McCaufrey, and the medium, Missus Malone, are waiting for him. He becomes The Angel Child, one who can heal the living, contact the dead, bring comfort to a troubled world. But there is one figure who is beyond healing, who comes looking for Billy himself—and is determined on a kind of reckoning.

About David Almond

David Almond is known worldwide as the Michael L. Printz, Carnegie, Whitbread, and Smarties Award-winning author of Skellig, Clay, and many other novels, stories, and plays, including The Savage and Slog’s Dad, both illustrated by Dave McKean. In 2010, he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of his work. David Almond lives in Northumberland, England, with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on May 01, 2020

another bleak offering from candlewick, god bless 'em. to begin - this book is written in the voice of billy dean, a boy who spent the first thirteen years of his life secreted away in the back room of an apartment in a war-torn world, with only three people knowing of his existence: his mother, his......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on December 16, 2017

A strange story about a boy who grows up in a room by himself. Through his extreme isolation, he discovers he has powers beyond that of a normal boy. There is a mystery surrounding his parentage and also about the world outside the only room he has ever known. The boy's name is Billy Dean and this i......more

Goodreads review by Kat on October 25, 2011

Hmm, this book was a bit of a puzzle for me. I feel like I was supposed to glean some deeper meaning and understanding of...something. But I didn't. That may be because I am quite a simple soul and anything beyond the actual story is lost on me. I don't like dissecting stories, it kind of sucks all......more

Goodreads review by Irina on May 14, 2021

David Almond is one of the children’s writers whose works win prizes in children’s literature. And ‘The True Tale of The monster Billy Dean isn’t an exception. This time he has written a story not only for children, but also for adults. It’s a gripping, mysterious and emotional story full of unanswe......more

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