When a family members is about to die it is hard to get through and you can't do anything to change what is happening. In the book A Monsters Calls the main character, Conner, is in this same situation but he can decide what happens. Connor meets a yew tree that came walking for what he thinks to heal his mom. The tree tells Conner three stories and after Conner will have to share his secret. Conner would never tell anyone the secret but finds out later he should have just shared it. His secret was a nightmare of his mom and him, Conner is holding on to his mom but let’s go and drops her. Conner tries to believe in his mom but she is not getting better. He finally can't take and goes to the tree for help. Conner would not share the nightmare
