"I started to laugh, then I saw Chris freeze. Not more than a few yards in front of him was the biggest alligator I had ever seen. It was at least as long as our boat. And It was floating, with its eyes periscoping out of the water, staring right at Chris." The Silent Glades takes place in the Florida Everglades. Nick Menendez is Deaf. He and his best friend, Chris Taylor, and their families have just moved from the mountains of North...