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Silent to the Bone Paperback – April 1, 2002
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Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioral center, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tell what really happened. Connor is the only one who might be able to break through Branwell's wall of silence. But how can he prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act of which he's accused -- when Branwell can't speak for himself?
- Reading age10 - 14 years
- Print length261 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level5 - 9
- Dimensions5.13 x 0.7 x 7.63 inches
- PublisherAladdin
- Publication dateApril 1, 2002
- ISBN-100689836023
- ISBN-13978-0689836022
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- Publisher : Aladdin
- Publication date : April 1, 2002
- Edition : Reprint
- Language : English
- Print length : 261 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0689836023
- ISBN-13 : 978-0689836022
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Reading age : 10 - 14 years
- Dimensions : 5.13 x 0.7 x 7.63 inches
- Grade level : 5 - 9
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
About the author

E. L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up in the same year. In 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View From Saturday. She has also written and illustrated three picture books: Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors, Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions, and Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's. In 2000 she wrote Silent to the Bone, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, among many other honors.
After completing her degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Konigsburg did graduate work in organic chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. For several years she taught science at a private girls' school. When the third of her three children started kindergarten, she began to write. She now lives on the beach in North Florida.






