The Knife of Never Letting Go

Ness, P. (2008). The knife of never letting go. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press. Todd Hewitt is a young boy who lives in a town where all the females are dead and he is the only boy living.  Todd can hear everyone’s thoughts and they can hear his.  Todd has a dog that can talk named Manchee.  Todd finds out about a secret and he is running with his dog and he meets a girl. Viola and Todd learn the secret that the town has been having.  Once he finds out the secret, he then understands the lies and deceit of the town Prentisstown.   This is the first book in the series so I do recommend reading the other series.  This is a great suspenseful book, that will really have you thinking.  It is full of adventures.  Havinghurst's theory of developing morals and values is something Todd had to face.