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1) After zero
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In Elise's notebook there is a page of tally marks for each day she has spent at her new school. Five tally marks is five words spoken that day. Her favorite days are days when there are no tally marks. Elise will find, however, that after months of not speaking, she may no longer be able to, not even to keep her only friend from drifting away from her or even to ask if anyone else had seen their teacher's stuffed raven come to life. Elise will learn...
3) Jubilee
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"Judith stopped talking long ago when Mom left her in the care of beloved Aunt Cora. Going back into a regular fifth-grade classroom won't be easy, but she has her Dog and new friend who will help her through"--
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"A seasoned cop's interest in a mysterious one-eyed girl takes her back to the worst night of her life in this fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans. They call her Angel. Found on the side of a remote highway, half-dead and blowing wishes in a field of dandelions, the young girl refuses to speak. No one knows who she is or where she came from--only that she fell from the sky. It's Wyatt who finds her...
10) Paper wishes
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Near the start of World War II, ten-year-old Manami, her parents, and her grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens, where Manami grieves the home and dog she was forced to leave behind.
12) Orphan eleven
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In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.
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"Carlota no habla porque no le hace falta. Todo el mundo la entiende tan solo con sus gestos y miradas. Hasta que un día, persiguiendo a su amigo Tom el ratón, entroó en la despensa y la puerta se cerró de golpe. La niña se quedó encerrada. ¿Qué hará Carlota? Parece que la forma de salir de allí tiene que ver simplemente con el uso de su voz."--Nubeocho.com.
Carlota never needs to say a word--even in class she can make herself...
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