The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
Hope loves her brother, Jeremy. She knows he is a little different- he hasn’t spoken in
twelve years. He collects empty
jars and keeps them all over his room.
He seems to understand what’s going on around him sometimes, but other
times completely tunes things out.
He’s really important to Hope, who tries to help him.
Her family life isn’t exactly normal. Her alcoholic mother can be quite cruel
and doesn’t take care of Hope or Jeremy.
She comes home from work and drinks herself into a stupor (on a good
day). Controlling her temper isn’t
a priority, so Hope has learned to avoid her mother as much as possible.
The police come to the house and arrest Jeremy. He’s a suspect in the baseball coach’s
murder. Hope doesn’t believe he
would hurt anyone, but there is quite a bit of evidence against him and Jeremy
can’t help defend himself. Who can
Hope turn to for help? She gets
some assistance from unexpected new friends. But she isn’t sure she can trust them.
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