From the bestselling author of Beautiful Broken Things, Sara Barnards A Quiet Kind of Thunder is stunning love story about the times when a whisper means more than a shout. Now with a bold cover look. She doesnt talk. He cant hear. They understand each other perfectly. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - shes been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. Hes deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that shes assigned to look after him. To Rhys it doesnt matter that Steffi doesnt talk and, as they find ways to communicate, Steffi finds that she does have a voice, and that shes falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it. Love isnt always a lightning strike. Sometimes its the rumbling roll of thunder . .