The Other Side of Silence - Hardcover

Mahy, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670864552 ISBN 13: 9780670864553

Publisher: Puffin, 1995

Synopsis

Hero, a girl who does not speak, begins to do odd-jobs for her enigmatic neighbor, Miss Credence, whose house holds a shocking secret, at the same time that Hero's sister returns home with an abandoned boy and another secret.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Mahy qualified as a librarian and has had various appointments in children's libraries. She still visits schools and libraries and is apt to don a green wig - she describes herself as "a bit of an exhibitionist". Her books, for readers of all ages, have been published in many languages. She has won the Carnegie Medal twice - for THE HAUNTING and THE CHANGEOVER - the Observer Fiction Award and the New Zealand Esther Glen Award four times.

Synopsis:

As a member of a gifted, idiosyncratic, and argumentative family, twelve-year-old Hero chooses mutism until she reconciles the true with the real in her life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0670864552
• ISBN 13: 9780670864553
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176