The Ask and the Answer

Locations
Call Number: Teen Fiction / Ness, Patrick, Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Ness, Patrick
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Ness, Patrick	4-week checkout	On Hold Shelf
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Ness, Patrick	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Ness, Patrick	4-week checkout	Reshelving

Includes bonus short story, "The wide, wide sea" a Chaos walking story.
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.

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amazing submitted by readingking on July 25, 2011, 6:09pm the second book is just as good as the first. It has alot of action and a interesting ending

Dark but compelling submitted by rummella on July 21, 2013, 6:41pm The whole Chaos walking series has some pretty dark themes, but the story is so compelling, I couldn't stop wanting to find out what went so wrong in the past...

Continuation submitted by Allison B on August 14, 2013, 4:56pm Good followup to the first book, and it doesn't leave off on as much of a cliff-hanger. Great insight into war and the havoc it can wreak and how both sides can do wrong.

Definitely dark submitted by Xris on June 16, 2018, 8:08pm Want to see how this ends now, even though it's a bit of a train-wreck concept.

Really good submitted by c_zhang on June 28, 2019, 2:57pm I thought this was just as good as the first book. The ending was interesting and the whole story was captivating.

Love it! submitted by Sparks on July 2, 2019, 9:36pm The second book is a welcome addition to Chaos Walking and an excellent springboard for the third.
Fabulous and haunting series.

Good submitted by zmclaugh on July 12, 2019, 9:32pm An interesting continuation to this very unique series.