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The Ask and the Answer

Patrick Ness

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#6919 of 8,085 books · #682 in Young Adult

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (2010).

The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness, reissued with compelling new covers—and a bonus short story in each book. Reaching the end of their flight in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor's oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?

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Publisher
National Geographic Books
ISBN-13
9780763676179
Topics
Dystopian oppression and resistanceTrust and betrayalWar and moral compromise

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