A Silent Voice 1

By Yoshitoki Oima

Book Overview

A Silent Voice is a thought-provoking, dramatic story of a deaf student and the boy who bullies her. In elementary school, Shoya bullies the deaf Shoko mercilessly. When she transfers to another school to escape his torment, Shoya finds himself bullied by the students he once considered his friends. Years later, he learns sign language to apologize to Shoko for his behavior, and so begins a relationship that will change his and Shoko's lives forever. Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163236056X
• ISBN13: 9781632360564
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Kodansha Comics
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Powerful and resonating message

Bullying in any shape or form is something that causes more than just surface damage. This book seriously shows what can happen, and how to come back from a bad past. I absolutely fell in love with it within the first 10 pages.