The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go
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The Knife of Never Letting Go

Written by Patrick Ness
Book #1 in the Chaos Walking Series
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14 - 18
Reading age
512
Page count
111,986
Word count
860L
Lexile measure
Jul 22, 2014
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The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness, reissued with compelling new covers and a bonus short story in each book. 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.”

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781627655651
    Publication Date
    July 22, 2014
    Publisher
    Perfection Learning
    Original Publication Date
    May 5, 2008
    Page Count
    512
    Word Count
    111986
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    14 - 18 years
    Lexile® Level
    860L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~T
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~5.5

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