Green Mountain Book Award
2012 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
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Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.
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Virginia Readers Choice Award
2012 · High School · Winner
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2011 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Iowa High School Book Award
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Tayshas Reading
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Carnegie Medal
2009 · Children's · Nominee
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
2008 · Children's Fiction · Winner
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