A Silent Rhythm
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Demetria Montella, a sixteen almost seventeen year old, teenager from Northern England, who is suffering from grief and selective mutism.
She's never had a good life. Even when it was just Demetria and
her guilt stricken mother, who made one bad decision, and ended
up being the mother she never wanted to be.
After her mother's death, Demetria finds herself in a care home.
Where she is to stay...until her social worker pulls her out of class.
Only to tell her she's been missing fo eleven years. In Spain.
Not only is she a missing person, she also has a family. A father. A step mother. And five older brothers.
Will Demetria take their help?
Will she take the chance to live a different life?
Who will help her along the way?
Will she even find help?
(Book one of two)
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