A Silent Voice, Volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9781632360564
Pages
192 pages
Genre
realism
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can’t hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children’s cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Single parent; Kinship care; Physical disability; single mother; grandmother helping raise granddaughter; deaf; deaf child
Main Character
male child; male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Japanese)
Family Formation
single mother; mother and grandmother
Awards
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2017 Fiction
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2016 Fiction
YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2016
Keywords
bullying; elementary school; high school; new girl; popular kids; notebook; hearing aids; fighting
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Oima, Yoshitoki, "A Silent Voice, Volume 1" (2015). Diverse Families. 1996.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1996