Genre and Themes: Young Adult Science Fiction - dystopia, social issues, telepathy
This book is the first in its series. It starts off in set in the future in a place only referred to as "the new world". Todd lives in a town named Prentisstown where he is the only boy. There are only men in this town. There are no women or girls. It is said that they were all killed off by an alien race named The Spackle. Everyone that lives in Prentisstown has a telepathic power called "The Noise". It's constantly heard by each other until one day Todd and his dog Manchee are wandering by the swamp for apples and they hear silence. Something they didn't even know existed. Todd rushes home to tell his adoptive parents about it and they quickly give him his mother's journal and a map. His parents cannot go into any more detail for fear that their "noise" might be heard by the others. Todd narrowly escapes from Prentiss and his army and discovers that the silence is coming from a girl named Viola. They both escape and use the map to reach another setttlement named FarBranch which is where he finds out a bit more about his old town of Prentisstown. They are caught in troubles again and escape to another settlement named Haven and during this journey Todd finds out about the men of Prentisstown starting off a war with The Spackle and how they killed off all their women in the town. Viola and Todd are about to reach Haven when Viola is shot and Todd surrenders to Prentiss in hopes of saving Viola.Awards Won by This Title:
2008 - James Tiptree, Jr. Award
2008 - Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
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