The Silent Boy
Young Katy Thatcher, the daughter of the town doctor, becomes friends with Jacob, a teenager who is "touched in the head," which allows her to understand what really happened when the unwanted infant of Jacob's sister is found dead.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: people with mental disabilities, babies, brothers and sisters [X], unmarried mothers, mentally handicapped, mentally ill, infants [X], siblings, people with disabilities, historical fiction, historical fiction [X]