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The loudest silence / by Sydney Langford.

Langford, Sydney, (author.).

Summary:

Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared dream of a music career.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780823456246 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 301 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Holiday House, 2024.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 14 and up.
Grades 10-12.
Subject: Anxiety disorders > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Hard of hearing people > Juvenile fiction.
Music > Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities > Juvenile fiction.
Soccer players > Juvenile fiction.
Anxiety disorders > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Hard of hearing people > Fiction.
Music > Fiction.
LGBTQ+ people > Fiction.
Soccer players > Fiction.
Genre: Queer fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared dream of amusic career.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Two disabled queer teens, Casey, who’s trying to conceal her hearing loss from her new classmates, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Order stops him from telling his parents he wants to pursue a career on Broadway, form an intimate, platonic friendship that changes everything. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Random House, Inc.
    Two disabled queer teens find belonging in this poignant platonic love story about singing, signing, and solidarity.

    Casey Kowalski once dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Then the universe threw her a life-altering curveball—sudden, permanent, and profound hearing loss—just before her family’s move from Portland to Miami. Now, she’s learning to navigate the world as a Deaf-Hard of Hearing person while trying to conceal her hearing loss from her new schoolmates. 

    Hayden González-Rossi is also keeping secrets. Three generations of González men have risen to stardom on the soccer field, and Hayden knows his family expects him to follow in their footsteps, but he wants to quit soccer and pursue a career on Broadway. If only his Generalized Anxiety Disorder didn’t send him into a debilitating spiral over the thought of telling the truth.

    Casey and Hayden are both determined to hide who they really are. But when they cross paths at school, they bond over their shared love of music and their mutual feeling that they don’t belong, and the secrets come spilling out. Their friendship is the beating heart of this dual-perspective story featuring thoughtful disability representation, nuanced queer identities, and a lovably quirky supporting cast.

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