The knife of never letting go

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...

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

Places: Prentisstown