The New World (Chaos Walking 0.5)

In this dramatic prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy, author Patrick Ness gives us a short story of Viola's journey to the New World.
RATING: ★★★☆☆ (3.87 out of 5)
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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1)

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.
But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?
RATING: ★★★☆☆ (3.96 out of 5)
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The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2)

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...
RATING: ★★★★☆ (4.23 out of 5)
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The Wide, Wide Sea (Chaos Walking #2.5)
The Wide, Wide Sea is set in the past, at a time before the Spackle War, and we get a first look at the fishing village on the sea where some very important things happen at the end of
Monsters of Men.
Best read after
The Ask and the Answer but before Monsters.
(again, hints of things to come) - Patrick Ness
RATING: ★★★★☆ (4.21 out of 5)
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Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3)

"War," says the Mayor. "At last." Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they're so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge - the electrifying finale to the award-winning "Chaos Walking" trilogy, Monsters of Men is a heart-stopping novel about power, survival, and the devastating realities of war.
RATING: ★★★★☆ (4.28 out of 5)
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Snowscape (Chaos Walking #3.5)
Snowscape is set after the end of
Monsters of Men, so that's when you should read it.
That's all I'll say, I don't want to give anything away. ;-) - Patrick Ness
RATING: ★★★★☆ (4.28 out of 5)
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