I’m grateful to my trombone-playing daughter and voracious reader, Sarah Shepherd, for her guidance and perceptive comments, and to my daughters Maggie and Hewson Shepherd, who are the best backup singers a mom could have. To my husband, John, whose love and unwavering support I could not do without. Lastly, thanks to my parents, Emily and John Gennari, who gave me the gift of independence and, when I was young, let me ride the T to the Boston Public Library by myself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHLAG
Jennifer Gennari played the clarinet when she was younger—and quickly switched to choir! She loves quiet time, especially in a library. Muffled is her second novel for young readers. Her debut, My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer, was an ALA Rainbow Book List title and a Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year selection. A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, she grew up in Boston and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at jengennari.com.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gennari, Jennifer, author.
Title: Muffled / Jennifer Gennari.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: When fifth-grader Amelia learns to cope with her noise sensitivity, she steps outside of her comfort zone and makes new friends. Includes information about noise sensitivity.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020002272 | ISBN 9781534463653 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534463677 (eBook)
Subjects: CYAC: Friendship—Fiction. | Hearing disorders—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Family life—Massachusetts—Boston—Fiction. | Boston (Mass.)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.G29174 Muf 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020002272
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