Ness, P.(2008) The Knife of Never Letting Go . Cambridge, Ma: Candlewick Press Spoilers ahead. Todd is almost a man. He will be in about a month. In Prentisstown, when you turn 13 you are officially considered a man. That and his dog that won’t stop talking is what he’s thinking about while he’s out in the swamp looking for apples. In the new world everything talks, and everyone has Noise. The Noise is people’s thoughts put out for everyone else to hear. It’s just how it is. It can get pretty deafening in town. Todd is also the last boy in town. There are no other children and no women either, just 100+ men. So it’s pretty startling when he comes across a pocket of silence. When he approaches, whatever it is runs off. Todd’s thinking it must be a Spackle, one of the world’s indigenous people. As he heads home, he tries to keep it out of his Noise. Several men keep looking at him weird...
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