The Knife of Never Letting Go (bk. 1) - Hardcover

Patrick Ness

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1406310255 ISBN 13: 9781406310252

Publisher: Walker, 2008

Synopsis

This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.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 birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are going to force him to run...

About this title

Book Description:

"Tension [and] suspense...are palpable throughout, mitigated by occasional moments of welcome humor."

From the Publisher:

Awards & Recognitions:
Amazon.com Best Books of 2008: Top 100 Editors' Pick
Horn Book Summer Reading List
Teens' Top Ten Nominee
Carnegie Shortlist
James Triptree Jr. Award
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booktrust Teenage Prize
Tayshas High School Reading List (Texas)
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1406310255
• ISBN 13: 9781406310252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496