[Sword of Shadows 04] • Le Veilleur Des Morts (L'Epée Des Ombres******)

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations.

Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed

her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her,

but often fails.

Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby

chimpanzee, Sukari. Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey

secretly begins to learn to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey

has never been happier. She even starts making friends at school for the first

time. But as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, Charlie's and Sukari's

choices begin to narrow--until Sukari's very survival is in doubt.