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All the truth that's in me / by Berry, Julie,1974-;
Judith can't speak, but, when her close-knit community is attacked by enemies, she is forced to choose between continuing to live in silence or recovering her voice.
Subjects: Psychological fiction, American.; Selective mutism; Community life; War;
© c2013., Viking,
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Bear necessity : a novel / by Gould-Bourn, James,author.;
"Danny's life is falling apart. He's become a single father to eleven-year-old Will--who hasn't spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier--and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. To make matters worse, he's behind on the rent and his nasty landlord is threatening to break his legs if he doesn't pay soon. Danny needs money, and fast. After observing local street performers in a nearby park, Danny spends his last few dollars on a tattered panda costume, impulsively deciding to become a dancing bear"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Fathers and sons; Grief in children; Selective mutism; Street entertainers;
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Pet / by Emezi, Akwaeke.;
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Monsters; Angels; Families; Artists; Selective mutism; Transgender people;
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When calls the heart. by Krakow, Erin,actor.; Landon, Michael,1964-; Lissing, Daniel,actor.; Loughlin, Lori,actor.; Oke, Janette,1935-When calls the heart.Videorecording.; Hallmark Channel (Television network);
Disc 1, side A. Lost and found ; Side B. A telling silence -- Disc 2, Side A. The dance ; Side B. Second chances -- Disc 3, Side A. Change of heart ; Side B. Rules of engagement -- Disc 4. When calls the heart (Original TV movie).Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, and Lori Loughlin.When Calls the Heart tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher from high society, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The newly widowed women find their faith tested when they must go to work in the mines to keep a roof over their heads. Elizabeth charms most everyone in Coal Valley, except Constable Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing) who believes Thatcher s wealthy father has doomed his career by insisting he be assigned in town to protect his daughter. Living in a 19th century coal town, Elizabeth will have to learn the ways of the frontier if she wishes to thrive in the rural west on her own.PG.DVD, full screen, region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Made-for-TV movies.; Man-woman relationships; Selective mutism; Teachers; Women pioneers;
For private home use only.
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Masters of silence / by Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
Henry and Helen's mother takes them to France to hide them in her desperation to save them from the Nazis. There they are taken to a convent where they are disguised as orphans. During their stay at the convent, they are visited by a mime. Henry especially loves his visits, whose traumatic experience has left him a selective mute. Unfortunately an informer gives them up, forcing the children to flee again. The mime, a not yet famous Marcel Marceau, risks everything to save them.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Marceau, Marcel; Brothers and sisters; Mimes; Selective mutism; Rescues; World War, 1939-1945;
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