In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.
Ages 10-14. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.
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Novels in verse. Inmates of institutions--Fiction. Deaf--Fiction. People with disabilities--Fiction. Conscientious objectors--Fiction.