The Loudest Silence
Book description
Two disabled, queer teens find belonging in this poignant platonic love story about singing, signing, and solidarity.
Sixteen-year-old Casey Kowalski dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Then the universe threw her a life-altering curveball—sudden, permanent, and profound hearing loss—mere months before her family's cross-country move from Portland to Miami. Now,…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Loudest Silence as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If I was hooked by the cover copy for Natalie Leif’s book, I was hooked by the first page of Sydney Langford’s. That page isn’t technically part of the novel; it’s a guide to American Sign Language, which is an important piece of the narrative and Sydney Langford’s life.
By the time I saw that page in an advanced copy, Sydney and I had become close friends, and her beautiful story of two disabled queer teens finding solace in each other truly resonated with me. We need more platonic love stories in the YA space, and this book is one…
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