Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
Aug 1, 2009
Publisher
Hachette Australia
ISBN-10
0734410379
ISBN-13
9780734410375
Description
A lyrical description of how a deaf child treasures her silent world and how it is changed by a cochlear implant, which she sees at first as the intruder.
The Intruder is a stream of consciousness story told in beautiful blank verse by a deaf child. She treasures her silent world: From my window/I can see/Birds in suits of black and white march across green grass./I see them cock their heads/And with one quick, bright-eyed jab/Fetch a worm. The child s world is changed by a cochlear implant, the intruder , which at first she has fearful reactions to: What are we doing here? / Why are we here? She learns to accept the intruder: Sound./Sound, I hear you./I will learn you too, but You can never be as loud/As my silent world.
The Intruder is a stream of consciousness story told in beautiful blank verse by a deaf child. She treasures her silent world: From my window/I can see/Birds in suits of black and white march across green grass./I see them cock their heads/And with one quick, bright-eyed jab/Fetch a worm. The child s world is changed by a cochlear implant, the intruder , which at first she has fearful reactions to: What are we doing here? / Why are we here? She learns to accept the intruder: Sound./Sound, I hear you./I will learn you too, but You can never be as loud/As my silent world.
Genres
Children’s