The Knife of Never Letting Go
Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming, never-ending Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Or are there?
Just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. Prentisstown has been lying to him. And now he's going to have to run...
A powerful, exciting and unflinching novel about the dangerous choices of growing up.
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2008), Booktrust Teenage Fiction Prize (2008), James Tiptree Jr. Award (2008), Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production Honor (2011), YALSA Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2011)
About the Chaos Walking Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Knife of Never Letting Go(2008)
- 2.The Ask and the Answer(2009)
- 3.Monsters of Men(2009)
- +The New World(2010)
- +The Wide, Wide Sea(2009)
Reading age: 14+ years
This series should be read in order.
This dystopian trilogy is centered on Prentisstown boy, Todd Hewitt, and his companion Viola Eade. The two teenagers journey through New World, searching for answers in an oppressive new society, surrounded by a virus that makes all men's thoughts chaotically audible, and pursued by Prentisstown's dangerous and powerful Mayor.