Title: The silent storm
Description: Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since seeing her parents die in a hurricane, and now, three years later, another storm threatens the home she shares with her grandfather on Galveston Island.
Subjects: Selective mutism, Orphans, Grandfathers, Juvenile fiction, Hurricanes, Children's fiction, Hurricanes, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Grandparents, fiction, Texas, fiction
Places: Galveston, Galveston (Tex.), Texas