The Silent History

A generation of children forced to live without words.

It begins as a statistical oddity: a spike in children born with acute speech delays. Physically normal in every way, these children never speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. As the number of cases grows to an epidemic level, theories spread. Maybe it's related to a popular antidepressant; maybe it's environmental. Or maybe these children have special skills all their own.

The Silent History unfolds in a series of brief testimonials from parents, teachers, friends, doctors, cult leaders, profiteers, and impostors (everyone except, of course, the children themselves), documenting the growth of the so-called silent community into an elusive, enigmatic force in itself--alluring to some, threatening to others. Both a bold storytelling experiment and a propulsive reading experience, Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, and Kevin Moffett's The Silent History is at once thrilling, timely, and timeless.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 06/10/2014
ISBN: 9780374534479
Pages: 528
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.68h x 4.95w x 1.38d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/10/2014
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2014
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 87
Shelf Awareness 06/13/2014