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A Ghost in Silence

I am launching an experiment via the internet where I am hoping to receive reviews from readers on my book A Ghost in Silence. I read the first chapter of the book to Mrs. Wiseman's fifth grade class. And below are some of my favorite quotes from those kids in that class. Perhaps some of you at home might like to write to me, also?

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Henry

I thought Chazz was going to go into the army. I liked that, how you didn't tell us the real problem at first. That meant we had to guess. I like that.

Alicia

Mrs. Hillard said we had to guess what was Chazz talking about, the thing he needed to tell his mom and dad but then got shut up when the shouting started. I think he was going to tell them that he ran away and got married. But then you read the part later, and we found out. That was cool how I didn't know the right thing. But I was close to it anyway.

Millett

I thought he was gay. And I was right. My brother is gay, too. And my mom and dad are like Chazz's mom and dad, or at first. But then my dad said to all of us that my brother is his own person, and none of us can say anything bad about a person being his own person, and that's right, and we're okay now. But my mom says she wants grandkids some day and that now I'm the one who has to take care of that.

That don't seem fair to me. What if I don't want kids? Can my mom get grandkids somehow else? I don't want kids right now or maybe any time. And what if my brother adopts kids? Are those grandkids for my mom? Could you write me and explain to my mom? Or maybe me, too?

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