Talking in Whispers

by James Watson

Book Overview

A political thriller, set in Chile under the millitary junta. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394865383
• ISBN13: 9780394865386
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The truth could put your life at risk!

I was really relieved to read a book for young people that did not feature some teenager loser falling in love. Talking in Whispers by James Watson is a unique and refreshing book that gives the reader a terrifying insight into the life of a young boy in Chile. Like most people his age Andres is interested in music and his band. But unlike kids in Australia, Andre puts his family at risk when his father is taken away by the Chilean government because of Andre's music. Together with his friends Isa and Beto, Andre is able to find refuge from the Chile government who are killing many innocent people. Andre is handed an opportunity to change the way of the government and the future of his country but this means withstanding torture and punishment. Overall this is a beautiful and touching story that, depicts bleak circumstances but somehow manages to give you hope.

Great Book about Enthralling Topic

Maybe if you live in the UK, this book doesn't do it for you. But from New York, New York, this book is a great read. It was assigned reading for my Ninth Grade Honors Global Studies Class, but I have read it since then because it is so good. It brings up a topic most ninth graders don't lose sleep over: human rights and dictators. It so interested me in these issues that in my senior year of high school, I constructed a 17 page thesis paper on the historical climate of Chile in the time this book was written about. Interesting and thought provoking, a great introduction into new ideas for young adults.

Talking in Whispers

Talking in Whispers was a great book which brought up the topics of Dictatorship and Communism. Andres Larreta was a young boy who played music in a band. His father was taken away by the Junta because of the songs that he wrote. Andres meets up with Two others, Isa and Beto. They escape the Junta and take refuge in a mill. In Chile the government acted as a dictator and many innocent people were killed. When Andres is handed a Camera from an American Reporter, he obtains the means to bring about the downfall of the Chilean government-the Junta. Isa, Beto and Andres start to speak up for what they believe. Andres is subjected to violence and torture but keeps the information a secret. I think that the title 'Talking in Whispers' is very apropriate and is mentioned in the book quite a few times. I think that it means that the people in the story have to keep their opinions to themselves and have to watch what they say. On the whole this book is excellent and I would suggest that anyone read it.

Talking in whispers

This book is about a 16 yr old boy Andres Larreta who lives in Chile with his father Juan under the Junta,the book follows Andres through the best and the worst week of his life.I like this book because its very gripping and realistic.

Talking in Whispers

A totally enthralling book, it brings up lot of the issues that occured in Chilie at the time