The+Silent+Boy

review by Louise Beck
 * //The Silent Boy//**, Lois Lowery

The silent boy takes place in 1908 and is about a boy named Jacob who can’t speak. The story is told by Katy Thatcher looking back on the days when she befriended Jacob, the “touched boy”. Katy was seven when she first saw Jacob. He was very interesting to her but she was not able to find out much about him from his sister, Peggy, who was the Thatchers’ new hired girl. Soon Katy found out that Jacob had a gentle touch with animals and communicated in his own way. When something horrible happens to Jacob’s family and he tries to help, just the opposite occurs.

I would not recommend this book unless you are someone who loves predicting the end of the book before you finish. I say this because this is one of the most predictable books I have ever read. The story’s ending is not worth reading the book because it basically just ends. I do not see what would have inspired the author to write this book. I was looking forward to reading this book because I have read other books by Lois Lowery that I have loved but this book was a disappointment for me.