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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... A stunning 10th Annivesary Edition of this award-winning novel.

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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... The new edition of this unflinching novel about fear, flight and the terrifying path of self-discovery features the short story, The New World. Set before the events of The Knife of Never Letting Go, it is the story of Viola´s dramatic journey to the New World.

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Patrick Ness wuchs in den Vereinigten Staaten und auf Hawaii auf. Seit Ende der 90er-Jahre lebt er in London und ist dort als Dozent für kreatives Schreiben und Literaturkritiker für die Tageszeitung The Guardian tätig. Für seine Kinder- und Jugendbücher wurde er mehrfach ausgezeichnet, er gewann unter anderem den renommierten Costa Children´s Book Award und war auf der Auswahlliste für die Carnegie Medal.

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