The Knife of Never Letting Go
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
3.9
(6.5K)
Patrick Ness
A dystopian thriller 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.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.
Young Adult
Fantasy
Outer Space
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More Details:
Author
Patrick Ness
Pages
496
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published Date
2010-10-18
ISBN
0763652164 9780763652166
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"A very interesting story I've never seen anywhere. Recommend "
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Leslie Landaverde
"This book left quite an impression on me. I read it as a teenager and for some reason still find myself thinking about its premise and plot points from time to time. I hope to go back and read it again to delve deeper into what made it so memorable. "
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Mike Byers
"Really unique setting and storytelling. The depiction of the “noise” on paper was really impressive. It was a little juvenile, which makes sense as it was made for younger readers i should have seen that coming😂. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone feeling nostalgic for their divergent, hunger game, maze runner phases."
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Elizabeth Voorhees
"Full stars, every star ✨"
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Sophia Behm
"An amazing story with a premise I haven’t seen anywhere else. This is a real tear jerker so be prepared for that"
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Zenith
"Patrick Ness put together this wonderful world. Definitely worth the read. "
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Audrey Villanueva
"NOT a book you can listen to… you have to read it. Listening to this book would take away so much of it. The way things are written/spelled/formatted is really important to the story and the main character!!"
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Claire Foltz Wells
"This book is so freaking good it’s full of excitement and up’s and downs "
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Riley Yeo
"One of the best books I’ve ever read! So unique and powerful! "
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Abigail McGovern
"the world building in the book is god level it's so intricate and entertaining!! while it can be hard to understand at points it's so very well thought out and explained that it ends up not mattering too much :) this series got me back into reading my sophomore year of high school "
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