Now a major motion picture, the first novel in the riveting Chaos
Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness.
"Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. . . . The cliffhanger
ending is as effective as a shot to the gut." -- Booklist (starred
review)
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.