Book description
"No one pays much attention to you if you don't have much to
say, so there was no way I could have predicted what would happen
when I stopped talking altogether."
When his teacher announces that it's time for the yearly class
speeches, Griffin Maxwell starts to sweat. His past experience with
the dreaded speech was humiliating, to say the least, and he just
knows there's no way he can go through that again. So
Griffin's best friend, Bryan, comes up with a solution -- one that's
so simple it just has to work. But neither boy can begin to
predict the bizarre chain of events that will be set in place when
Griffin goes along with the idea.
From squaring off with the school bully to reading a teacher's
private letters, Griffin Maxwell wil have to face things he never
imagined, and all without saying a word!
Valerie Sherrard is the author of 12 previous novels for young
people, including the Shelby Belgarden Mysteries, Watcher,
Sarah's Legacy, Speechless, and her first historical
novel, Three Million Acres of Flame. Her work has been
shortlisted for numerous Canadian awards, including the Red Maple,
White Pine, and Arthur Ellis Awards. She lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
