I Can't Hear You

I Can't Hear you. It's what he tells people all the time. Although they never understand him. They look at him with pity. And then walk away.
Andrew is a boy in the 9th grade who is deaf. He cannot speak because he never tried. He was born this way, however, we don't speak of that. He is a very abnormal boy in te sense that he would prefer reading to playing video games, and throwing rocks in the creek to socializing.
He has a sister whom he loves very much by the name of Delilah, and she obsesses over being the perfect everything. The perfect student, perfect daughter, and perfect sister. But when you try to please everyone, the one person you don't please is yourself.
One day, he meets a girl named Hyacinth and her little brother, Sy. The girl is the only one who has ever made an effort to communicate to him, other than his sister, Delilah. He is filled with wonder about this mysterious girl who speaks to him beneath the willow tree.
But, all his wonderings are pushed aside when he arrives home to his dear sister, crying in the bathroom, with blood running up and down her arms. He wants to call 911, but since he can hear or talk, he can't communicate and all his efforts to help his sister are thrown to the wind.
How will Andrew deal with his parents? With his dad never being home, and his mom overseas, he is alone all the time. With his sister going to college soon, he will be without family. Will this mysterious girl help him through these times? Or is she just a stranger? What will happen to Andrew, and will his sister be okay?