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Wise, Bill

Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy

40 pp. | Lee | April, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60060-411-9 $18.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Adam Gustavson. Wise's biography covers Hoy's whole life, including the attack of meningitis that left him deaf at age three, and celebrates the courage and determination it took for Hoy to make it to the major leagues in 1888. Oil illustrations complement the text nicely, providing historical details that will put readers in the games alongside Hoy, imagining the cheers from the stands that Hoy never heard.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2012