The Ask and the Answer
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 9
No. of pages 528
Published: 2018
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called Chaos Walking Trilogy .
This book has been graded for interest at 14-16 years.
There are 528 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2018 by Walker Books Ltd .
Patrick Ness is the author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards including the the Costa and Galaxy Children's Book Awards and the Carnegie Medal. He lives in London.
Costa Children's Book Award
Chaos Walking Trilogy
Big Fan Of Dystopian Fiction and Looking for Sci Fi Or Other Recommendations
Relationships in literature
Friendship in literature
Adventures in literature
Carnegie Award
Whitbread Children's Book Award: 1971-2005
This book is in the following series:
Chaos Walking Trilogy
Chaos Walking Trilogy "The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking." Two children must make sense of a dystopian world where living beings can hear each others thoughts.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Costa Children's Book Award
The Costa Childrens Book Award is a prestigious literary award that recognizes outstanding children's literature in the United Kingdom. Part of the broader Costa Book Awards, which celebrate excellence in writing across several categories, the award focuses on childrens literature for readers aged up to 12 years. A panel of expert judges reviews submissions to create a shortlist of nominated titles.
Booktrust Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category of the Booktrust Book Awards . The Book Trust Book Awards aim to unearth the very best childrens books the UK has to offer, and to honour authors and illustrators who continue Britains proud heritage of storytelling. Heritage catgeoires include: Blue Peter Book Awards, Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award, Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Booktrust Best Book Awards (with Amazon Kindle). Current categories include: Storytime Prize, Lifetime Achievement Aawrd, Children's Laureate.
Booktrust Awards - Teenage
This book was recognised in the Teenage category of the Booktrust Awards . The Book Trust Book Awards aim to unearth the very best childrens books the UK has to offer, and to honour authors and illustrators who continue Britains proud heritage of storytelling. Heritage catgeoires include: Blue Peter Book Awards, Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award, Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Booktrust Best Book Awards (with Amazon Kindle). Current categories include: Storytime Prize, Lifetime Achievement Aawrd, Children's Laureate.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
This book features the following characters:
Todd Hewitt
This book features the character Todd Hewitt.
Viola Eade
This book features the character Viola Eade.
