The knife of never letting go

By Patrick Ness, Nick Podehl

Subjects: coming of age, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian, sci-fi, Science fiction, Space colonies, Sears, Extrasensory perception, fiction, 2008 Guardian children's fiction prize, Social problems, Human-animal relationships, LGBTQ gender identity, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winner, Human-animal communication, Reading Level-Grade 12, Reading Level-Grade 9, Telepathy, western, Social problems, fiction, Dystopia, young adult, dog, Dogs, Fiction, Children's fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / General, Human-animal relationships, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Young Adult Fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Media Tie-In, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues, Juvenile fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

Description: 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...