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.
 First edition | |
| Author | Lyll Becerra de Jenkins |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Published | 1996 (Lodestar books) |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 154 |
| ISBN | 9780525675389 |
| OCLC | 34850308 |
Reception
editKirkus 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "So Loud a Silence". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. August 15, 1996. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "So Loud a Silence". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. October 2, 1996. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Gretchen Schwarz (1997). Gary M. Salvner; Virginia R. Monseau (eds.). "Clip and File Reviews of New Fiction Hardbacks". ALAN Review. 24 (3). The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Hazel Rochman. "Books For Older Readers: Fiction". Booklist. Vol. 93, no. 2. American Library Association. p. 230. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
Here the political story of contemporary Colombia and 17-year-old Juan's family quest never really come together, despite the author's deliberate attempts to manipulate the plot in order to get the message across.
- ^ Carol A. Edwards (December 1996). "Junior High Up: Fiction". School Library Journal. Vol. 42, no. 12. Media Source Inc. p. 136. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
Those looking for a superb encore to de Jenkins's earlier books are bound to be somewhat disappointed, wishing for more depth than they are given here.
- ^ Cathryn M Mercier (January 1997). "So Loud a Silence". Horn Book Guides. Vol. 73, no. 1. Media Source Inc. p. 58. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Carol A Burbridge (March 1997). "Reviews: Fiction". Book Report. 15 (5): 33. Retrieved October 9, 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "So Loud a Silence". Multicultural Review. 6 (1): 93. March 1997. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Kathleen T. Horning; Ginny Moore Kruse; Megan Schliesman (1997). "16 Fiction For Teenagers". CCBC Choices 1996 (PDF). Cooperative Children's Book Center. p. 55. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
Layers of a family story are revealed in the midst of tense and tenuous times in Lyll Becerra de Jenkins's eye-opening, radical novel set in Colombia today.
- ^ "Appendices: Bibliography of Américas Award Winners & Honorable Mentions (1993-2018)". Celebrating 25 Years of the Américas Award 1993-2018: Resources to Honor Latinx Literature Within and Beyond the Classroom (PDF). Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. p. 63. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
