By Liane Shaw
Two girls, one who won’t talk and one who can’t. After an accident claimed the life of her best friend, Alex only talks when she absolutely has to, but if it was up to her she would never talk at all. She refuses to go to school, has given up on singing, and just wants to hide in her room all day. Joanie has always just watched the world go on around her. There is so much that goes on in her mind that she would love to share with others, but she has no way of doing so. When these two girls worlds collide, they may find they are just what the other needs.
Told in alternating first person narratives with each girl’s narrative having a different text font to help make it easier to follow.
The character of Alex though similar to characters in other books (such as Melinda of Speak refusing to talk after a traumatic incident), her story of loss, and grieving is still an interesting one. Joanie is different as her narrative is all in her head but what she has to say is still interesting.
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