Silence
- Author Deborah Lytton
- Narrator Rebecca Gibel, Charlie Thurston
- Publisher Shadow Mountain
- Publish Date 12 January 2016
- Run Time 8 hours and 53 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem.
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What to expect
Stella was born to sing. Someday Broadway. But everything changes when a tragic accident renders her deaf; she cannot hear, much less sing. Trapped in a strange new world of total silence, she must face not only the loss of her friends, her hopes, and her voice but also the loss of her identity and her life’s purpose. Who is she if she’s not a singer?
Hayden is a quiet loner, an outcast, and the only person Stella can communicate with; his profound stutter makes him speak so slowly, she is able to easily read his lips. As they find new ways to communicate despite their disabilities, their friendship grows into an unexpected—but welcome—romance. But is it a romance that can last if Stella regains her hearing and resumes her former life?
Alternating between Stella’s and Hayden’s points of view, Silence is a lyrical story of self-discovery, romance, and resilience, of two souls learning how to find their voices and break through the silence.
Critics Review
u201cLyttonu2019s tender tale will tug at the heartstrings. And romance fans will hang on the teensu2019 poetry, tears, texts, andu2026insights about life.u201d
u201cFans of YA romance will devour this more-than-love story.u201d
u201cA touching storyu2026Lytton creates believable backstories for her characters to explain why they are both wary of loveu2026Teens who enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars and Gracefully Grayson should find plenty to relate to in this novel about different forms of communication and finding confidence despite setbacks.u201d
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