The Knife of Never Letting Go: With Bonus Short Story (Chaos Walking #1 of 3) [J0062]

2014 - 2nd Edition of 2008 original PB with minor wear. A dystopian YA thriller that follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard – and the passage to manhood embodies a horrible secret. The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness, reissued with compelling new covers - and a bonus short story in each book. "Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. . . . The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut." - Booklist (starred review). Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him - something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Very readable and not as predictable as I thought it might be. Bought as a gift for an 11yo who enjoys the Hunger Games books, who liked it very much and insisted I read it too."; "This book never stopped being exciting. it just kept building and it was such a tear jerker."; "Boy, was I knocked out of the park! The creativity involved with the premise and following storytelling and world building kept me deeply involved as a reader. Patrick Ness is now one of my favorite authors!"