In a world where everyone hears each other’s thoughts, a boy runs from the only home he has known
What it is about
Todd Hewitt is the youngest boy in Prentisstown, a place where all the men can hear each other’s thoughts as ‘Noise’. When he finds a patch of eerie silence, he has to flee with his dog Manchee. The story is the first of the Chaos Walking trilogy.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like dystopian young adult fiction.
What you will get
A fast and bold first novel in a trilogy. It was adapted into the 2021 film Chaos Walking.
Behind the book
It won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and was adapted as the 2021 film Chaos Walking.
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The Knife of Never Letting Go Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Telepathy · On the run · Dystopia
Length
479 pages · ≈ 14 h
More about this book
Characters
Todd Hewitt, Viola and Manchee the dog.
Setting
A frontier settlement on another planet.
What makes it different
The narration is written as the confusing, noisy stream of Todd’s own thoughts.
Feel
Urgent, harsh and gripping.
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