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The silent one /

Cowley, Joy.

The silent one / Joy Cowley. - Auckland, N.Z. : Puffin, 2000. - 126 pages ; 20 cm.

Novel for children. "The moving story of a special friendship"--Cover. New Zealand author. First published: Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcoulls, 1981.

On a Pacific island, a deaf-mute boy's devotion to a great white turtle provokes prejudice and the anger of a superstitious shaman. Unable to speak, Jonasi is blamed by superstitious villagers for the drought on their island.

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Children and animals--Juvenile fiction.
Deaf children--Juvenile fiction.
Mutism--Juvenile fiction.
Sea turtles--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness in children--Juvenile fiction.
Superstition--Juvenile fiction.
Deaf--Juvenile fiction.
Turtles--Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Mute persons--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.


Pacific Area--Juvenile fiction.


Sea stories.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Children's fiction.

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