Showing posts with label selective mutism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label selective mutism. Show all posts

Monday, 12 November 2018

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Review: Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

Broken Things by Lauren OliverNetGalleyBroken Things by Lauren Oliver (eProof) - It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods.

Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly.

The only thing is: they didn’t do it.

On the anniversary of Summer’s death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as the lines begin to blur between past and present and fiction and reality, the girls must confront what really happened in the woods all those years ago—no matter how monstrous.
From Goodreads.

I received this eProof for free from Hodder & Stoughton via NetGalley for the puposes of providing an honest review.

Trigger Warning: This book features animal cruelty, discussion of violent murder, discussion of bad experiences in foster care, implies - though doesn't outright show or say - child abuse.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017

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Review: A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (#Ad)

A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara BarnardA Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

I was sent this proof for free by Macmillan Children's Books for the purpose of providing an honest review.

Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say.
Rhys can't hear, but he can listen.
Their love isn't a lightning strike, it's the rumbling roll of thunder.

Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He's deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she's assigned to look after him. To Rhys, it doesn't matter that Steffi doesn't talk, and as they find ways to communicate, Steffi finds that she does have a voice, and that she's falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it.
From Goodreads.
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