Ness, P. (2008). The knife of never letting go. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press.
Todd lives on a colony in the New World called Perentisstown with his adopted parents Ben and Cillian. The community has no females. Todd is told that they all died from the germ that was spread to them from the alien race called the Speckle. The side effect from the germ is the Noise which is the constant thoughts heard aloud from all men and animals in this community . Todd discovers a hole or silence in the Noise. When this happens, he is forced to runaway while the entire town is chasing him. He soon finds out the silence is caused by a girl Viola and together they continue to run away while Todd discovers that everything he knew about his life and his world is a lie.
This is the first story in the a Dystopian book series called Chaos Walking. The book is characterized as Dystopian for its controlling society and has other science fiction elements such as aliens, world wide infection, and the strange ability to hear everyone's thoughts. It's a valuable book for young adults in showing the theme of always questioning and never believing any knowledge for truth without their own discovery of it. It's a valuable book for teachers show elements of Dystopian literature. Recommended books to follow this reading are other Dystopian books such as Hunger Games and the Divergent series.
This is the first story in the a Dystopian book series called Chaos Walking. The book is characterized as Dystopian for its controlling society and has other science fiction elements such as aliens, world wide infection, and the strange ability to hear everyone's thoughts. It's a valuable book for young adults in showing the theme of always questioning and never believing any knowledge for truth without their own discovery of it. It's a valuable book for teachers show elements of Dystopian literature. Recommended books to follow this reading are other Dystopian books such as Hunger Games and the Divergent series.
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