A Quiet Kind of Thunder

By Sara Barnard

Steffi doesn&#39;t talk, but she has so much to say.Rhys can&#39;t hear, but he can listen.Their love isn&#39;t a lightning strike, it&#39;s the rumbling roll of thunder.Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she&#39;s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He&#39;s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she&#39;s assigned to look after him. To Rhys, it doesn&#39;t matter that Steffi doesn&#39;t talk, and as they find ways to communicate, Steffi finds that she does have a voice, and that she&#39;s falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it. The stunning follow up to Beautiful Broken Things is a love story about the times when a whisper is as good as a shout. Praise for Beautiful Broken Things:&#39;Beautiful Broken Things is the book I&#39;ve been waiting for. It made me want to go and rugby-tackle my best friends and give them a giant hug. It&#39;s a beautiful tale of the power and complexities of female friendship&#39; Holly Bourne, author of Am I Normal Yet?&#39;Beautiful Broken Things is a book that the YA world desperately needs - a book about the beauty, passion and extremities of female friendship&#39; Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire&#39;Starkly realistic and ultimately uplifting, Beautiful Broken Things is a compelling tale of pain and redemption, growing up and growing together, and finding empowerment and strength in friendship&#39; Catherine Doyle, author of Vendetta&#39;Stories about female friendships are hard to come by, especially ones with no romance, but Beautiful Broken Things fills that gap in an intensely compelling and passionate way&#39; Lauren James, author of The Next Together

Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say.Rhys can't hear, but he can listen.Their love isn't a lightning strike, it's the rumbling roll of thunder.Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But

By Sara Barnard

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