The Knife of Never Letting Go

Imagine you’re the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don’t fit in with their plans… Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the sixteenth birthday that will make him a man. But then, among the constant, overwhelming Noise of other people’s thoughts, he 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 – or die.

Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

“Furiously paced, terrifying, exhilarating and heartbreaking.” Sunday Telegraph

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    Patrick Ness

    Patrick Ness is the multi award-winning author of the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls.

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    Patrick Ness has twice won the Carnegie Medal for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls. He has also won a number of other major awards including the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Guardian Children’s Book Prize, the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Galaxy Book of the Year and the Red House Prize.

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