Dark Silence

by Maureen Crane Wartski

Randy's life was not the way it used to be. After her mother was killed in an accident, and her father remarried, they moved to a new town where Randy didn't know a soul. As she tried to get friendly with her next door neighbor, Delia Abbot, suddenly she shut Randy off. Randy didn't know why—until she saw the purplish bruise on Delia's back. Until she noticed Delia's father screaming and hitting the lawnmower. Until she wondered if maybe, just maybe, someone's lifes was in worse shape than her own. And if that was the case, what could Randy do...?

Library Binding

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

Maureen Crane Wartski (Maureen Ann Crane) was born on January 25, 1940 in Ashiya, Japan. She earned her B.A. degree from Sophia University in 1962. As a children's and young adult author, she won the Annual Book Award of the Child Study Committee at Bank Street College of Education for A Boat to Nowhere. In addition to writing children's books, she published romance novels under various pseudonyms, including Francine Shore, Evelyn Shannon, Cynthia Leigh, Laura Jorda, Cynthia Sinclair, and Rebecca Ward. She also wrote for magazines, such as Boy's Life. As well as writing, Wartski taught at Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts, and pursued various creative arts, such as painting and quilt making. She was married to Maximillian Wartski, and travelled with him for his career in the military. Her two sons, Albert and Mark, were born in Thailand, before they moved to the United States in the 1960s. Wartski died on January 14, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Kaylee]

OMG! This was a great book that i just finished reading today. It is scary, funny, sad, happy, and it makes you feel nervous. If not for Randy, Linda, Randy's mom's memory, and her dad, Delia may have died. Child Abuse is TERRIBLE!!! I know that now that I've read this book.