Bøger af Patrick Ness

La continuación de la aclamada trilogía en que se basa la superproducción Chaos Walking, del novelista de Un monstruo viene a verme.En Prentisstown tus pensamientos son públicos. No existen los secretos.En su huida de un ejército implacable, Todd y Viola se encuentran una vez más con su peor enemigo, el alcalde Prentiss, que los espera para darles la bienvenida a Nueva Prentiss.Todd es encarcelado y separado inmediatamente de Viola. Ahora tiene que aprender a vivir bajo las reglas delnuevo régimen. ¿Pero qué secretos se esconden fuera de la ciudad? ¿Dónde está Viola? ¿Quién es la misteriosa Respuesta?Y un día, las bombas comienzan a estallar.De El cuchillo en la mano se ha dicho...«Recomendaría insistentemente la trilogía de Patrick Ness a cualquiera. Es extraordinaria». - The Guardian«El cuchillo en la mano nos introduce en un mundo que no nos deja indiferentes y del que deseamos saber mucho más. Un comienzo frenético de trilogía, de una trilogía que continúa con La pregunta y la respuesta, que llegará en otoño, libro que estoy muriéndome por leer.» - Vorágine interna«Espero grandes cosas de esta trilogía.» - Juanma Sarmiento, The Best Read Yet«El cuchillo en la mano sido una novela espectacular que no ha tardado en convertirse en una de mis favoritas. Deseando leer su continuación que, probablemente, tampoco me decepcionará.» - El rastreador de letrasENGLISH DESCRIPTIONWe were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men...Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode..."The Ask and the Answer" is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. This is the second title in the "Chaos Walking" trilogy.

What if you aren't the Chosen One?The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

Das Monster erscheint um sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht. Aber es ist nicht das Monster, das der 13-jährige Conor erwartet. Es ist nicht das Monster, das ihn seit Monaten - seit seine Mutter an Krebs erkrankt ist - in seinen Alpträumen quält. Dieses Monster ist anders. Es steht in seinem Garten, ist uralt und wild. Es scheint Conors geheimste Ängste zu kennen. Und es wird ihm das Gefährlichste überhaupt abverlangen: die ganze Wahrheit. Kann sich Conor dieser stellen?

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon hed hired to help on the farmSarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah cant help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesnt have a soul but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe.Because the dragon knows something she doesnt.He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuitand somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.

Anderledes med drenge er en fortælling om den første gang. En fortælling om at finde sig selv og sin seksualitet - skrevet af Patrick Ness og illustreret af Tea Bendix.Kan du huske den der liste med de ting, jeg har prøvet? Hvor præcis på den liste stoppede jeg med at være jomfru?De fire barndomsvenner, Ant, Charlie, Jack og Freddie, var engang uadskillelige. Nu er de på vej til at blive voksne, og intet er længere så simpelt, som det var, da de var børn. Anderledes med drenge er en del af serien CARLSENS BILLEDNOVELLER, som er billedbøger til unge: Korte, illustrerede historier skabt af nogle af de allerbedste forfattere og illustratorer - i dette tilfælde Patrick Ness og Tea Bendix.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others.With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself...As their relentless Captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men.With the lush, atmospheric art of Rovina Cai woven in throughout, this remarkable work by Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate.

A startling and tender novel about how to let yourself love and set yourself free by Patrick Ness, the twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of A Monster Calls.

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed.