The Color of Silence

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Paperback
Author: Liane Shaw
Publisher: Second Story Pr
Publish Date: March 2013
Language: English
EAN: 9781926920931

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Overview

Alex is seventeen years old and she feels her life has come to an end. After being involved in an accident that killed her best friend, she doesn’t see why anyone would want her around and she refuses to talk. Ordered by a judge to do community service, she must spend time at a hospital with a girl named Joanie, who has minimal control of her body and no speech. Never having known another way of being, Joanie has an extraordinary internal life. She has been listening and watching as the world goes on around her, but Joanie is so full of words, thoughts and images that if she could ever figure out a way to let them loose, they would come swirling out in a torrent of syllables. She would fill every room with the colors of her dreams until the whole world became a rainbow of her making. Brought together by accident, Alex and Joanie have experienced the helplessness of silence. Their growing connection may lead them both to find the power of their voices.

Details

Pages: 280
Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 in
Lexile Score: 710
ISBN: 1926920937

Awards

2014 Young Adult Canadian Book Award - Finalist (Young Adult)