TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lowry,Lois
TI  - The silent boy
T2  - Laurel-leaf books
SN  - 0329410369
AV  - PZ7.L9673 To 2005
U1  - [Fic] 22
PY  - 2005///], c2003
CY  - New York
PB  - Dell Laurel-Leaf
KW  - Babies
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Brothers and sisters
KW  - People with mental disabilities
KW  - Unmarried mothers
KW  - Infants
KW  - sears
KW  - Mentally handicapped
KW  - Siblings
N1  - "Readers circle"--Cover; Library Media Connection starred; School Library Journal; Wilson's Junior High School; 6.9; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - 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
ER  -