The one thing I love about summer is that I get a chance to go back and read books I have always wanted to read. E.L. Konigsburg’s Silent to the Bone is one of those books.
It begins with a call to 911 and an event that takes away Branwell Zamborska’s power of speech. The transcript of the 911 call is repeated at various times during the book as we all try to decipher who is to blame for his baby sister’s descent into a coma. The nanny claims that Branwell dropped her. Did Branwell do it? Is he refusing to speak or is he simply unable to?
Most of the story is told through the voice of Branwell’s best friend, Connor. It is Connor who insists that his friend is not capable of hurting his sister. And it is Connor who let’s us into the psyche of Branwell as he tries to help him communicate what really happened on November 25th at 2:43p.m.
This is truly a captivating story of a 13-year-old boy who is completely overwhelmed by a life-changing event.
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