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Whisper / Chris Struyk-Bonn.

by Struyk-Bonn, Christina.

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Orca Book Publishers, c2014.

Cleft palate children -- Fiction.

Ethics -- Fiction.

9781459804753 (pbk.)

1459804759 (pbk.)

338 p. ; 21 cm.

Whisper, a teen girl with a cleft palate, is forced to survive in a world that is hostile to those with disfigurements or disabilities.

"Sixteen-year-old Whisper, who has a cleft palate, lives in an encampment with three other young rejects and their caregiver, Nathanael. They are outcasts from a society (in the not-too-distant future) that kills or abandons anyone with a physical or mental disability. Whisper’s mother visits once a year. When she dies, she leaves Whisper a violin, which Nathanael teaches her to play. Whisper’s father comes to claim her, and she becomes his house slave, her disfigurement hidden by a black veil. But when she proves rebellious, she is taken to the city to live with other rejects at a house called Purgatory Palace, where she has to make difficult decisions for herself and for her vulnerable friends."--From publisher.

Grades: 8-up. SLJ.

Canadian fiction.

Dystopian fiction.

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