TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cowley,Joy
TI  - The silent one
SN  - 0140322841 (pbk.) :
U1  - NZ823.2 21
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Ringwood, Vic.
PB  - Puffin Books
KW  - Mutism
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Deaf
KW  - Superstition
KW  - Children and animals
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Novel for children by a New Zealand author; "The moving story of a special friendship"--Cover; First published: Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcoulls, 1981
N2  - Unable to speak, Jonasi is blamed by superstitious villagers for the drought on their island.  When Jonasi meets the great white turtle a secret bond seems to exist between them
ER  -