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Lowry, Lois

The Silent Boy

178 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-618-28231-9 $$15.00
(2) 4-6 Looking back from a distance of many decades, Katy Thatcher recalls her small-town childhood in 1910 when she was eight years old. Katy describes her fleeting, yet tender interactions with young Jacob Stoltz, who seems to be autistic (though the book doesn't specify), and an inevitable tragedy that Katy's intuitive understanding is unable to prevent. Special readers will find the novel emotionally devastating and infinitely haunting.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003

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