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The Silent One Hardcover – March 12, 1981

by Joy Cowley (Author)

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A deaf-mute boy who has tamed a huge white turtle becomes the target of the superstitious people of his small village.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Books for Young Readers (March 12, 1981)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 039484761X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394847610
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 ounces

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Cassia Joy Cowley DCNZM OBE (née Summers, born 7 August 1936), best known as Joy Cowley, is a New Zealand author of children's fiction, novels, and short stories.

Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree (1967), was adapted into the 1971 film The Night Digger by screenwriter Roald Dahl. Following its success in the United States, Cowley wrote several works for adults: her novels Man of Straw (1972), Of Men and Angels (1972), The Mandrake Root (1975), and The Growing Season (1979) typically focused on families dealing with issues such as marital infidelity, mental illness, and death. Cowley has also published several collections of short stories, including Two of a Kind (1984) and Heart Attack and Other Stories (1985). Cowley is known primarily for her children's fiction. Her children's novel The Silent One (1981), was made into a 1985 film; other works include Bow Down Shadrach (1991) and its sequel Gladly, Here I Come (1994).

She has written 41 picture books, which include The Duck in the Gun (1969), The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch (1982), Salmagundi (1985), and The Cheese Trap (1995). The Duck in the Gun and Salmagundi are explicitly anti-war books.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo Courtesy of Horowhenua Historical Society inc, Levin, New Zealand (File:Joy Cowley.jpg) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.