The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley

by Jan Andrews

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When no one listens, what's the point of talking?Kyle McGinley doesn't say a word. Fed up with being shuttled from one foster care home to another, he has stopped speaking. But at the home of Scott and Jill Wardman, with the help of a crow, and a swamp, and an excess of blank paint, he begins to think that maybe, just maybe, life could be better.As long as his frigging dad doesn't mess things up.

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Jan Andrews was born in Sussex, England in 1942. She immigrated to Canada in her 20s. She studied at the University of Reading and the University of Saskatchewan. She became a storyteller and children/young adult author. Her first picture book, Very Last First Time, was published in 1985. Her other books included Keri, The Auction, When Apples show more Grew Noses, and Winter in Peril. She also collected folklore stories from around the world and released them in two collections entitled Stories at the Door and Rude Stories. She died after falling down a flight of stairs earlier in the week on September 2, 2017 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Teen, Young Adult
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372Society, Government, and CultureEducationPrimary education (Elementary education)
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PZ7 .A5658Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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