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~ Winner of the Costa Book Award for Children's Book - 2009
We were in the square, I was running, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, until we got to Haven so I could save her, but there wasn't any safety, no safety at all, there was just Him and his men . . .
The third book in Patrick Ness' 'Chaos Walking' series, The Ask and the Answer is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure.
"Grim and beautifully written, The Ask and the Answer uses a brilliant cast of well-developed characters, its singular setting and unique premise to present a provocative examination of the nature of evil and humanity. This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year." -- Publishers Weekly