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A teenager with mutism witnesses a murder and worries about whether he should tell anyone about what he's seen.
This book was really enjoyable, the characters were written with a lot of detail and compassion. I was hooked by the investigation and was keen to know how it would all play out.
For language learners there were a lot of good features. It was full of generally high-frequency daily language. The main character describes things in a very straight-forward and blunt manner, and he also often explain metaphors since he doesn't really understand them himself. There is also a lot of natural repetition throughout the story.
The hardest part was an old man character who's speech was a bit harder for me to follow but it wasn't impossible and it gave a lot of colour to the character.