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Author:

Cowley, Joy.

Title:

The silent one / by Joy Cowley ; wood engravings by Hermann Greissle.

Publisher:

Knopf ;

Copyright Date:

1981

Description:

136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Deaf--Fiction.
Mutism--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Superstition--Fiction.
Deaf--Fiction.
Mutism--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Superstition--Fiction.
Physically handicapped--Fiction.
Personnes sourdes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mutité--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Personnes handicapées--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Superstitions--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Deaf.
Mutism.
People with disabilities.
Superstition.
Deaf--Juvenile fiction.
Mutism--Juvenile fiction.
Physically handicapped--Juvenile fiction.
Superstition--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Fiction.

Other Authors:

Greissle, Hermann.
Greissle, Hermann.

Notes:

Children's novel by a New Zealander. Originally published Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcoulls, 1981.

Summary:

A deaf-mute boy who has tamed a huge white turtle becomes the target of the superstitious people of his small village.

ISBN:

9780394947617
0394947614
9780394847610
039484761X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)6708506

LCCN:

80021853

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)