The Knife of Never Letting Go

   Ness, P. (2008).The knife of never letting go.  Boston, MA:  Candlewick Press.  Todd lives in Prentisstown.  Prentisstown is not your ordinary town, there are not women and everyone has a germ called, Noise, which allows everyone to hear your thoughts.  Todd's foster parents tell him that he has to leave Prentisstown.  While trying to escape he runs into Viola.  The two are trying to get away.  On their way to Haven Viola kills Aaron since Todd had trouble doing it himself.  When they get to Haven they were surprised to find Mayor Prentiss from Prentisstown.  I would recommend this book to high school students. I think that the setting of this story is important. 

Along with The knife of never letting go, Patrick Ness also wrote The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men, The New World, The Wide, Wide Sea, and Snowscape for the Chaos Walking series. Aside from these, he also wrote A Monster Calls, Doctor Who: Tip of the Tongue, More Than This, and The Rest of Us Just Live Her.