Katy, retelling her story of her childhood, reveals to the readers a world of a mature almost-nine-year old girl.
During her childhood she is well aware her surroundings, wanting to know more and more about the world around her, and eventually follows in her father's foot steps into the medical world.
After her baby sister is born, Peggy, a country girl, is brought to the family to help around the house. As Peggy enters into Katy's world, so does her brother, Jacob.
Everyone knows Jacob as the "touched boy" and therefore stay isolated from him.
But Katy thinks of him as her friend, and treats him that way too. What does it mean "to be touched?" For Katy, it just means another friend.
Jacob has his gentle ways with animals and nature. He understands the world in a different way, acting differently than the other people around him.
When an unexpected event takes place in their lives, Jacob tries to find a way to make it better. But it just made it worse.
Combined beautifully in her book, Lois Lowery writes what it means to be a person; how to look at people who are different than you are.
Will Jacob's life, "the touched boy" ever be the same as before?
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The Silent Boy (Readers Circle) Books In Print, Audio Books.