The Silent Storm

by Sherry Garland

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since witnessing her parents drown at sea during a storm. Now, three years later, a hurricane is headed for Galveston Island, threatening to unleash Alyssa's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152741704
• ISBN13: 9780152741709
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Silent Storm

It was an exiting book! At first it seemed a little boring because there wasn't much action. But then when Alyssa and her brother get stuck on that one shrip boat, that made it intresting enough to encourage me to read more. I thought that it was sad when Alyssa found her grandpa laying by the wrecked jeep because he was looking for Alyssa out in the hurricane. It was the BEST book I ever read! I want to buy the book for myself to read whenever I want!

wonderful and exciting!

This book caught my intrest right off. It's an exiting tale about a gil who turned mute after her parents died in a hurricane. Now, three years later another hurricane is arriving and it seems to be happening all over again. This is a must read book.

The Best Book; Full of Action and Adventure

I loved this book. I usally read at night, so when read I just couldn't wait to the next night to read it but instead I just decided to read it during the day. I think this book was full of adventure and had a good ending at each chapter which made you wanna read on. I sat down and read the book and I am going to read it again. I also believe that it will be kept in my memory and will keep reading this book till I am old and die. I will read it to my children and enjoy the adventure in this book. I hope the author will come out with another book contiung on. If I gave you my reconmadation I would say this book is for all ages.

CLIFF-HANGING!

This book was fantastic! It was adventurous and suspenseful. There were also metephores and similies comparing actions and feelings to the backround of the story. A few parts of the backround of the story were the parts mentioned about sailors and hurricanes, and the author used them to form similies. An example: "Alyssa's heart sank like an anchor..."(page 10)A wonderful, well-written book!

A young girl learns that you can't always keep promises.

This book is about a young girl Alyssa who after her fathers death stops talking. "Don't say another word until I get back ok?" Those were the words her father had said to her. She had kept her promise but her father had never returned so her promise still lives on and she never talks again and no one knows why. I'ts bad enough she has to deal with her bratty cousin. But a big storm hits the Island and her granfather will not live without her help. But to save his life she needs to talk. Will she keep her fathers promise in hope someday he'll return or will she finally grasp the reality that he is dead and talk to save her grandfathers life? this book is one of the best books I have ever read!