THE LOUDEST SILENCE cover. Medium purple curtains flow down the sides & the background is ombrĆ© curtains: lavender to baby pink to light orange. At the bottom, a purple stage & dark purple audience, who raise hands for ASL clapping & form āI love youā signs
main characters are onstage. Hayden on the left, on a lavender stool. He has brown curly hair, tan skin, hazel eyes, freckles, silver braces. Heās in a pink soccer jersey, khaki shorts, & white cleats. Heās playing a guitar with stickers: a green iguana, a heart with asexual pride colors, Cuban & Italian flags, a soccer ball, a palm tree
Caseyās standing on the right, singing into a mic. She has pale skin, wavy brown hair, & blue eyes. Shes in a white crop top, a navy blue button up with pink & purple ASL letters, jean shorts, brown boots
Above them āTHE LOUDEST SILENCEā is in plum purple letters. āTheā & āSilenceā are in a blocky font, āLoudestā in a calligraphy font. Sydney Langford is in baby pink blocky font at the bottom
Graphic with the bookās description. 16-year-old Casey dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Then the universe threw her a life-altering curveballāsudden, permanent, and profound hearing lossāmere months before her familyās cross-country move from Portland to Miami. Now, faced with the dual challenges of starting over at a new high school & learning to navigate the world as a Deaf-Hard of Hearing person, Casey is mourning the loss of her music while trying to conceal her hearing loss from her new schoolmates.
Soccer captain Hayden has his own challenges. generations of GonzĆ”lez men have been soccer stars, including Haydenās older brother. Hayden knows his family expects him to follow in their footsteps, but he has a secret: he wants to quit soccer & pursue a career on Broadway. If only his Generalized Anxiety Disorder didnāt send him into a debilitating spiral over the thought of telling them the truth.
After meeting at school, they bond over their shared love of music & feeling
Check out the cover of Sydney Langfordās debut, THE LOUDEST SILENCE! A sweet story filled with queer+disability representation, humor, and friendship, you donāt want to miss this book!
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