The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780807531464)

Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of two deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this moving and eye-opening memoir, he recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents' silent world and the world of the hearing.

Author: Myron Uhlberg
ISBN-10: 0807531464
ISBN-13: 9780807531464
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 508761 / Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2019
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 117
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Myron Uhlberg is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of several books, including the picture books Dad, Jackie, and Me; A Storm Called Katrina; and The Sound of All Things, as well as the adult memoir Hands of My Father, upon which The Sound of Silence is based. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was the firstborn son of two deaf parents. Upon graduating college, he enlisted in the US Army and served as a paratrooper. After spending thirty-five years in the fashion business and running twenty marathons in his spare time, he returned to his first love: writing books for young readers. Myron now lives in California.