As the only deaf student in her middle school, Iris feels like a fish out of water. Her only friend at school is her deaf interpreter. As a result, she often explodes and lands in the principal’s office. At home she finds solace in repairing old radios, a strange hobby for someone who can’t hear. When her science teacher introduces the class to the story of Blue 55, a whale who seems to be a loner because “his song” is at a frequency different from other whales, Iris feels a connection and comes up with the idea to create a song for Blue 55 at his frequency. But how will she get her song played where Blue 55 can hear it? And will it make a difference? Students who loved Wonder, Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7’s will be attracted to Iris’ story.
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Most novels about the Holocaust deal with before and during WWII. Hesse’s novel is about the aftermath for one Polish survivor, Zofia Lederman, who is being released after several months in a hospital where she was taken after being liberated from Gross-Rosen concentration camp. She wants to return home to Sosnowiec, Poland, hoping to find her younger brother, Abek, there. When Abek is not at home, a confused Zofia sets out for a displaced persons camp being run by the allies in Germany, hoping to find her brother, the only member of her family she believes has survived. While her brother is not at Foehrenwald, Zofia does make some friends who help her in her search. One day, Abek shows up at the camp. Zofia can hardly believe her good fortune. But through twists and turns, it turns out that Zofia may not be so lucky after all. |
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