Hirsch,+Courtney

//The Knife of Never Letting Go//  by Patrick Ness   Young adult   Todd Hewit is the last boy in pretisstown on New World. With his birthday just a month away, he finds out that everyone is hiding dangerous secrets from him. Another problem is everyone can hear everyone elses thoughts, even the cows singing in the fields. His life unravels sp he has to run, but where do you run when you have no place to go? Where do you go when people can hear your thoughts? With lots of twists and turns, you never really know whats happening next.

**About the Author~** Patrick Ness is an award-winning novelist and a literary critic. He also taught creative writing at Oxford University. He explains this book by saying, "information is absolutely everywhere today-texts and e-mails and messaging-so much it feels like you can't get away from it. I began to wonder what it would be like to be in a town where you really //couldn't// get away. How could you keep hold of who you are? What price would you be willing to pay to save yourself?" Patrick Ness was born in Virginia and currently lives in London. This is his first book for young adults.


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 * If I were making a movie...**

For Todd, I would pick Greyson Chance, even though he isn't an actor, he is kind of what I pictured for todd (maybe a slightly older version...)

For Viloa, I would pick Dakota Fanning because she is exactly what I pictured. Plus, she has played serious parts and she is a very good actress. My name Is Courtney Hirsch and I attend Gahanna Lincoln High School. I'm 14 years old and I love life, I love school, and everything else. Life is too short not to love where you are. I try to be happy all the time and live without regrets. I spend a lot of my time with my friends and my boyfriend. My favorite singer is Christofer Drew Ingle from Nevershoutnever. My favorite book has to be the one I'm writing about to day. Thats pretty much it :)
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