The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking)

The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking)

by PatrickNess (Author)

Synopsis

We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men...Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode..."The Ask and the Answer" is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. This is the second title in the "Chaos Walking" trilogy.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 536
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Walker
Published: 04 May 2009

ISBN 10: 1406310263
ISBN 13: 9781406310269
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Prizes: Winner of Costa Children's Book Award 2009. Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2010 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009.

Media Reviews
* Ness is a young writer of exciting quality and unpredictability. The Times
Author Bio
Patrick Ness is the author of The Knife of Never Letting Go, Book One of the Chaos Walking trilogy, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Bootrust Teenage Prize. He has written two other books for adults and is a literary critic for the Guardian. He lives in London.