A time to keep silent

Description

Thirteen-year-old Clair Lothrop's world is falling apart. Her mother has died, and her father spends his evenings shut in his study. In a desperate attempt to get her father's attention, Clair stops talking. Clair's vow of silence gets her father's attention, but not in the way she hoped. He resigns from his position as the pastor of a large metropolitan church to begin a mission in the remote woods of northern Michigan, taking Clair with him. Clair is furious at having to leave her friends. The woods are frightening, and her new house is a tumbledown shack where raccoons and mice have made their home. But everything changes when Clair discovers a wonderful new friend her own age, Dorrie, who lives alone in the woods to avoid her alcoholic father. Through this surprising friendship, Clair finds strength and courage she didn't know she had. - Publisher.

First Sentence

I stopped talking so my father would listen to me.

Description

When thirteen-year-old Clair's relationship with her minister father changes after her mother's death, she stops speaking, and the subsequent events change both their lives.

Subjects

Other Editions

• A time to keep silentPutnam1979-01-01
• A time to keep silentEerdmans1993
• A Time to Keep SilentPaperbackEerdmans Books for Young Readers2003-10-01
• Time to Keep SilentLibrary BindingTandem Library2003-10-01