THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO

by Patrick Ness
Published by Walker Books
5 May 2008 • £12.99 Hardback • For ages 12+

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...

The electrifying young adult debut by award-winning fiction writer Patrick Ness.

“One of the best first sentences I’ve ever read and a book that lives up to it!” Frank Cottrell-Boyce

“It’s a page-turner of epic proportions. My book of 2008.” John McLay, Bath Festival of Children’s Literature

The Knife of Never Letting Go is the first title of the Chaos Walking trilogy and part of the New Voices series of novels showcasing Walker Books’ brightest storytelling talent.

About the author

Patrick Ness is the author of two critically acclaimed works of fiction, The Crash of Hennington and Topics About Which I Know Nothing. An award-winning novelist, he has also written for Radio 4, the Sunday Telegraph and is currently a literary critic for the Guardian. This is his first book for young adults.

To hear extracts of the book as well as an interview Patrick Ness subcribe to the podcast here