The knife of never letting go

Ness, P. (2008). The knife of never letting go. Cambridge, Mss.: Candlewick Press.

Todd lives in Prentisstown with his dog Manchee. This town is strange because there are no women around and there is a germ that gave everyone the ability to hear each others thoughts. Todd lives with his foster parents because his parents were killed by the Spackle. Todd stumbles upon a hole in the noise and his parents ask him to leave. This noise is a girl name Viola whose space ship crashed while coming from the Old World. Todd and Viola go through many obstacles while fleeing the town. Eventually Todd and Viola make a church in Haven.

This books recommended audience is readers ages 14 and up. Ness's use of the Spackle an alien being that was used to destroy all the women in Prentisstown gives the reader a look into an alien creature that destroys females.