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Ucheniki shkoly dlya gluhih River-Velli hotyat zhit' obychnoy zhizn'yu podrostkov, druzhit', vlyublyat'sya, uchit'sya i sdavat' ekzameny, a esche oni hotyat, chtoby politiki, vrachi, roditeli perestali ob'yasnyat', chto im delat' so svoimi telami. Sredi geroev knigi devochka Charli, kotoraya nikogda prezhde ne obschalas' s drugimi gluhimi lyud'mi, mal'chik Ostin, vyrosshiy v sem'e, gde gluhota peredaetsya iz pokoleniya v pokolenie, i direktor shkoly Februari, doch' gluhih roditeley, kotoraya delaet vse vozmozhnoe, chtoby River-Velli ne zakryli. No i v strane, i v zhizni kazhdogo geroya proishodyat dramaticheskie sobytiya, i nuzhno libo smirit'sya s peremenami, libo otstaivat' pravo samim reshat', kak im zhit' dal'she.