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A time to keep silent
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Gloria Whelan |
Thirteen-year-old Clair Lothrop's world is falling apart. Her mother has died, and her father spends his evenings shut in his study. In a desperate attempt to get her father's attention, Clair stops … |
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The King's Shadow
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Elizabeth Alder |
After he is orphaned and has his tongue cut out in a clash with the bullying sons of a Welsh noble, Evyn is sold as a slave and serves many masters, from the gracious Lady Swan Neck to the valiant Ha… |
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The Half-a-Moon Inn
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Paul Fleischman |
A mute boy is held captive by the strange proprietress of an inn. |
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Ghost Boy
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Martin Pistorius |
In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius fell inexplicably sick. He lost his voice, stopped eating and slept constantly. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin’s parent… |
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My brother's shadow
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Tom Avery |
Eleven-year-old Kaia gradually begins to overcome her grief and depression stemming from the suicide of her older brother after befriending a mysterious new boy at her London school who is unable to … |
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Typed Words, Loud Voices
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Elizabeth J. Grace |
"I'd like coffee, please." "No. I don't believe you. How do I know it is really you who wants coffee and not your friend there subliminally transmitting that to you by touching your shoulder?" Imagin… |
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Bird Boy
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Elizabeth Starr Hill |
Chang, a mute Chinese boy whose father uses cormorants to fish, is pleased when he is finally old enough to help with the Big Catch and the raising of a new bird. |
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Sarah's surprise
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Nan Holcomb |
Six-year-old Sarah, mobile but unable to talk, wants to sing "Happy Birthday" for her mother and is able to provide a birthday surprise with help from her therapist and a new augmentative communicati… |
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Blabber Mouth
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Morris Gleitzman |
An Australian schoolgirl who is unable to speak is embarrassed by her father's outlandish dress and behavior. |
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Circle of Wonder
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N. Scott Momaday |
A mute Indian child has an extraordinary experience one Christmas when, following a figure who seems to be his beloved dead grandfather, he becomes part of a circle in which he, animals, nature, and … |
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Twilight Children
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Torey L. Hayden |
For decades, former special education teacher Torey Hayden has been a light in the darkness for severely troubled children, and she has chronicled her determined efforts, triumphs, and breakthroughs … |
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Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands
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Michael R. Phillips |
After the death of his titled but penniless father, a mute young boy in nineteenth-century Scotland finds himself a witness to a violent murder and flees the city in hopes of discovering a new life i… |
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Louie the Hero
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Lin Oliver |
Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter swan, finds himself far from his wilderness home when he determines to communicate by learning to play a stolen trumpet. |
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Warrior girl
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Pauline Chandler |
Although surrounded by treachery, Mariane, a young mute, battles alongside her cousin, Joan of Arc, for the liberation of France from the English. |
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Mr. Wheatfield's loft
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Isabel Langis Cusack,Richard Egielski |
Developing an interest in homing pigeons leads to a significant change in the life of 11-year-old Ellis Hampton who has been mute since he witnessed his father's death. |
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