The Ask and the Answer
Book 2 of Chaos Walking
Language: English
7 of 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel Children Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) Fantasy & Magic Fiction Friendship Juvenile Fiction Law & Crime Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Science Fiction Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic Social Issues Social Issues - Violence Social problems Space colonies Young Adult _isfdb violence
Publisher: Walker Books (UK)
Published: May 2, 2009
Description:
(Chaos Walking #2) SUMMARY: Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard — and secrets are never safe.Reaching the end of their flight in THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?