Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. “A twist on Groundhog’s Day meets Death, this paranormal tale will have readers turning the pages to see if Hadley stops Archer from making a tragic mistake.” -YA Books Central Maya has to figure out whether bridging that gap between the Deaf and hearing worlds will be worth it, or if staying true to herself matters more. Maya is hurt Beau would want her to be anything but who she is-she’s always been proud to be Deaf, something Beau won’t ever be able to understand. When Maya passes up a chance to receive a cochlear implant, Beau doesn’t understand why Maya wouldn’t want to hear again. Maya has always been told that Deaf/hearing relationships never work, and yet she can’t help but be drawn to Beau as they spend more and more time together.īut as much Maya and Beau genuinely start to feel for one another, there are unmistakable differences in their worlds.

Maya suspects Beau’s got a hidden agenda when he starts learning ASL to converse with her, but she also can’t deny it’s nice to sign with someone amongst all the lip reading she has to do with her hearing teachers and classmates. But her teachers and classmates at Engelmann High don’t seem to share her optimism.Īnd then there’s Beau Watson, Engelmann’s student body president and overachiever. Maya has dreams of breaking into the medical field and is determined to get the grades and a college degree to match, and she’s never considered being Deaf a disability. Leaving behind Pratt School for the Deaf where she’s been a student for years only to attend a hearing school is even worse. Moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before senior year isn’t Maya’s idea of a good time. (Publishers Weekly)”Ģ020 Schneider Family Award Teen Honor Book! Gervais adroitly pulls readers into her world–conveying ASL through all caps and spelled-out words–as well as her work navigating the deaf and hearing worlds and her awareness of who she is. “Gervais (In 27 Days) uses her own experiences of hearing loss to lend authenticity to this novel about a teenage deaf girl starting over at a new school. “The Silence Between Us is eminently un-put-down-able. THE SILENCE BETWEEN US AugPaperback edition releasing March 3, 2022!

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