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So Loud a Silence
1996 young adult novel by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins
So Loud a Silence is a 1996 young adult novel by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins.
It is about a teenager, Juan Guillermo, who leaves Bogotá to live with his grandmother on a farm in the Colombian countryside.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews wrote "A moiled, disappointingly passionless view of a people burdened by grief and fear after years of unchecked violence."[1] while Publishers Weekly described it as "An intimate coming-of-age story, against a backdrop of terrorism and loss."[2]
So Loud a Silence has also been reviewed by ALAN Review,[3]Booklist,[4]School Library Journal.[5]The Horn Book Magazine[6]Book Report,[7] and Multicultural Review.[8]
It is a 1996 CCBC Choices book,[9] and a 1996 Américas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature honor book.[10]