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The Other Side of Silence

The Other Side of Silence

by Margaret Mahy

Book Details

Publisher: Viking
Published: 1995
Language: en
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9780670864553
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 50%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
3
😨Fear / HorrorModerate

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

In her brilliant but argumentative family, Hero is different, because she doesn't speak. Instead, she prefers the silence and solitude she finds climbing the trees high above her neighbors stately old house. But everything changes when Hero starts to do odd jobs for the neighbor -- and discovers a shocking secret high up in the tower of the house. "Mahy is a writer who just keeps getting better with every book.

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionFamily
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