{"product_id":"the-girl-who-could-silence-the-wind-isbn-9780763646028","title":"The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eSonia’s entire village believes she has a gift, but it’s only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is. A compelling tale from a rich voice in young adult fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo was born on the night of the worst storm Tres Montes had ever seen. And when the winds mercifully stopped, an unshakable belief in the girl’s protective powers began. All her life, Sonia has been asked to pray for sick mothers or missing sons, as worried parents and friends press silver milagros in her hands. Sonia knows she has no special powers, but how can she disappoint those who look to her for solace? Still, her conscience is heavy, so when she gets a chance to travel to the city and work in the home of a wealthy woman, she seizes it. At first, Sonia feels freedom in being treated like all the other girls. But when news arrives that her beloved brother has disappeared while looking for work, she learns to her sorrow that she can never truly leave the past or her family behind. With deeply realized characters, a keen sense of place, a hint of magical realism, and a flush of young romance, Meg Medina tells the tale of a strongwilled, warmhearted girl who dares to face life’s harsh truths as she finds her real power.Medina creates a \u003cb\u003ecompelling \u003c\/b\u003enarrative within a Latin American culture where parents cling to old ways and their children thread their paths between hope and despair, trying to find a viable future. Though \u003cb\u003etouches of magical realism \u003c\/b\u003eappear in the novel, the real magic here arises from the story of a girl struggling to see beyond others’ perceptions and find her own way in a society that seems to offer few options.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist Online\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003emultilayered \u003c\/b\u003edebut novel is particularly successful in presenting the complexities of Sonia’s thoughts as she tries to understand her identity and her social role. As the town mystic, she never allowed herself to consider the possibility of a future of her choosing, and her experience in the city finally allows her to dream.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedina’s writing is fluent and lovely, weaving Spanish words in with the English text to paint a \u003cb\u003eheartwarming \u003c\/b\u003estory of a girl’s journey to find out who she is.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedina breathes life into Sonia and many of the secondary characters, and the \u003cb\u003evivid descriptions\u003c\/b\u003e and touches of magical realism will enthrall readers.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedina persuasively depicts the sights, rhythms, and relationships of both village life and the servants' world at Casa Masón...\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a hint of magical realism and a Latin influence, THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND tells the story of 16-year-old Sonia Ocampo with an \u003cb\u003eenchanting \u003c\/b\u003enarrative... Sonia's satisfying story of self-discovery combines friendship, family, love and adventure. A book for those fond of alluring storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e—Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plot of THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND is highly plausible, with \u003cb\u003edown-to-earth characters\u003c\/b\u003e and situations highlighting how a young woman learns to find her place and happiness in her world.\u003cbr\u003e—The New York Journal of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonia is an \u003cb\u003eendearing \u003c\/b\u003eprotagonist with whom many readers may identify.... THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND is a \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003estory of hope, courage, dreams and identity.\u003cbr\u003e—TeenReads.com\u003cb\u003eMeg Medina\u003c\/b\u003e is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal winner and Kirkus Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eMerci Suárez Changes Gears\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as its sequels, \u003ci\u003eMerci Suárez Can’t Dance \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMerci Suárez Plays It Cool\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the young adult novels \u003ci\u003eBurn Baby Burn\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the National Book Award, short-listed for the Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eYaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Silence the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year. Her picture books include \u003ci\u003eNo More Señora Mimí\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Brittney Cicchese; \u003ci\u003eEvelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; \u003ci\u003eMango, Abuela, and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was both a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and \u003ci\u003eTía Isa Wants a Car\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300650668261,"sku":"NP9780763646028","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763646028.jpg?v=1767739538","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-girl-who-could-silence-the-wind-isbn-9780763646028","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}