Speaking Through the Silence, Book 3 World Without Sound Series

By Linda Sammaritan

Description:

THE GOOD:
Dad is alive and well.

THE BAD:
Krista, her deaf little sister, is trapped in a world without sound and communicates through tantrums if people don’t understand her attempts to speak.

THE UGLY:
The meanest girl of the “in-group” from Debbie’s class hates her guts, which leaves her with only one faithful friend. Maybe.

Debbie only wants two things: to teach Krista to talk and to be accepted back into the group where she used to be—before her dad went to war.

How can she help Krista understand English, much less speak it, if no one allows the poor kid to learn sign language? And will Debbie continue to keep quiet under the Mean Queen’s snarky abuse, or will she screw up the courage to speak through her self-imposed silence?

Book Takeaway:

1. Step away from peer pressure and do the right thing.
2. Helping someone brings joy to both the giver and the receiver.

Why the author wrote this book:

My students wondered what it was like to live with a sibling with several disabilities. The World Without Sound Series is the result.