Format: Paperback / softback
From the bestselling author of Beautiful Broken Things, Sara Barnard's A Quiet Kind of Thunder is stunning love story about the times when a whisper means more than a shout. Now with a bold cover look.She doesn't talk. He can't hear. They understand each other perfectly.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.Love isn't always a lightning strike.Sometimes it's the rumbling roll of thunder . . .
CONTRIBUTORS: Sara Barnard
EAN: 9781529037586
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 242 g
HEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-04-15
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GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Disabilities, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality and inclusion
I don't know where to start. I'd give this book TEN stars if I could. I loved Beautiful Broken Things but I think I love this book even more. A brilliant depiction of social anxiety, a swoony subtle love story that creeps up on you, and meticulously researched, respectful and just beautifully written. This book is not only for the quiet ones, but by JOVE how the quiet ones will adore this book., I felt like I was living this book, Beautiful, honest and compelling. Also, one of the best depictions of anxiety I have ever read., I swallowed this in one delicious sitting, and I've been thinking about Steffi and Rhys ever since. Honestly, it's been weeks and I'm not over them. They're so well drawn that they feel really real for me in a way that makes me want to check in with them for the rest of their lives., I literally cannot wait for everyone to read this and obsess over how good it is!
Sara Barnard lives in Brighton and does all her best writing on trains. She loves books, book people and book things. She has been writing ever since she was too small to reach the 'on' switch on the family Amstrad computer. She gets her love of words from her dad, who made sure she always had books to read and introduced her to the wonders of second-hand book shops at a young age. She is the author of the bestselling Beautiful Broken Things and won the YA Book Prize for her novel Goodbye, Perfect.
