{"product_id":"9780374534479","title":"The Silent History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA generation of children forced to live without words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins as a statistical oddity: a spike in children born with acute speech delays. Physically normal in every way, these children never speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. As the number of cases grows to an epidemic level, theories spread. Maybe it's related to a popular antidepressant; maybe it's environmental. Or maybe these children have special skills all their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silent History\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in a series of brief testimonials from parents, teachers, friends, doctors, cult leaders, profiteers, and impostors (everyone except, of course, the children themselves), documenting the growth of the so-called silent community into an elusive, enigmatic force in itself—alluring to some, threatening to others. Both a bold storytelling experiment and a propulsive reading experience, Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, and Kevin Moffett's \u003ci\u003eThe Silent History \u003c\/i\u003eis at once thrilling, timely, and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012890771696,"sku":"9780374534479","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374534479_p0.jpg?v=1763767792","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374534479","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}