The Silent One

Description

The Silent One is Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world where he develops a special relationship with a huge white turtle. However, the superstitious villagers see both Jonasi and the turtle as evil spirits.

A series of natural disasters and a struggle for leadership within the village sweep Jonasi toward his strange destiny.

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Joy Cowley has been awarded an OBE for her services to New Zealand writing. Her books 'Tickets to the Sky Dance' and 'Starbright and the Dreameater' are both winners of the NZ Post Junior Fiction Award and 'Bow Down Shadrach' won the Children's Book of the Year award.