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The ask and the answer

Ness, Patrick, 1971-2018
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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...
Main title:
The ask and the answer / Patrick Ness.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 2018.©2009.
Collation:
516 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"The Ask and the Answer" is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure.
Audience:
Secondary
Awards:
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, 2009 ; Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2010) ; Carnegie Medal Nominee (2010)
ISBN:
9781406379174 (paperback)
Language:
English
BRN:
65003
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithTeenage FictionNESS n2Available
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