The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

[Kelly]

1. General thoughts on the book?

2. What do you think about the cover? Does it represent the content well? Does it make you want to pick up the book?

3. What did you think about the main character Todd? What about Manchee? Viola? The men of Prentisstown? The people from the other towns?

4. The true secret of Prentisstown is kept until nearly the end of the book. Did you have any idea of what it might have been? Did that compel you to keep reading?

5. This was a novel set on an entirely different planet. Did it feel that way to you? What are some ways you would describe the feel of the book?

6. There was a specific format involved to show the reader what the Noise was like. Did you appreciate it?

7. What are your thoughts on the ending of this book?

8. This is the first book in the Chaos Walking Trilogy. Are you going to read more of the series? How about other books by this author?

9. Any additional thoughts?

[Kelly]

Book Club rating: 5(!!!)

The teens really loved this book. They thought it was highly interesting and the mystery of the Prentisstown secret kept them captivated. They mentioned that the ending had a nice twist to it. The set up makes readers assume one thing is going to happen but in the last few pages everything twists. There was high interest in reading more of the trilogy.