Speechless SS_Gift_Guide From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant

From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant comes the sweet and resonant follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rosetown

a charming story of endings

and tense all at the same time

Highlights Uncle Tom's deep spiritual strength and the role of true Christian values in opposing oppression

Speechless SS_Gift_Guide From Newbery Medalist Cynthia RylantTwelve year old Stasia's official diagnosis is selective mutism. She only has the power of speech with one person her best friend, non verbal Andie. But when a fairy approaches her, explaining that it is not a disability, but a fairy curse that keeps her voice trapped inside her, Stasia and Andie are on a mission to break the curse by following the fairy's explicit and rather absurd instructions. The story takes a dark twist, and Stasia and Andie find