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Gr 9-Up Todd Hewitt, 13, is locked in a tower in New Prentisstown, a space colony, and separated from Viola, after the dramatic cliff-hanger in "The Knife of Never Letting Go" (Candlewick, 2008). Tracked down by the manipulative mayor of the all-male community he escaped, he is unaware that Viola is also under guard and recouping nearby. The noise that clatters through men's minds makes it difficult for Todd to keep any secrets about his intentions to find Viola and accompany her on a mission to con...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In The Knife of Never Letting Go (rev. 11/08), set on an alien world where the native "Noise" germ makes thoughts audible (except those of women, who are immune), Todd escaped from the brutal all-male village of Prentisstown with Viola, the orphaned daughter of scouts sent ahead from a settler ship. But when they reached their destination, the peaceful city of Haven, they found that their enemies had beaten them there. While Todd is imprisoned and put to work by Mayor Prentiss, a master manipulator who's secured a cure for Noise and, with it, Haven, Viola is placed in an all-female house o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this sequel to <i>The Knife of Never Letting Go</i>, Todd, believing Viola to be a traitor, colludes with Prentiss. The struggle to rec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Excellent plotting, as in The Knife of Never Letting Go, the first book in this planned trilogy. The almost impeccably precise series of events builds to a genuinely surprising and satisfying conclusion. Strong, memorable characters. Mayor Pre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More