Quiet No More (The Quiet You Carry)

Product Description

After surviving sexual assault by her father and six months in foster care, college freshman Victoria Parker is trying to move on with her life. She’s focusing on the positives—attending college, living on her own, repairing old relationships and making new ones, and getting involved with an abuse survivors activist group on campus. But everything’s thrown into disarray when a strange woman shows up, claiming to be Victoria’s aunt and asking Victoria to lie about what happened to her.
With her father’s sentencing in a few months, Victoria’s nervous about having to share the truth of what happened with a judge. She’s not even sure if she has the strength to go through with it. But when her fellow club members begin pressuring her to speak out, Victoria has to decide how to share her story while remaining true to herself.

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up—This is the continuing story of Victoria Parker from The Quiet You Carry, in the aftermath of the sexual abuse she endured at the hands of her father, who is in jail and awaiting sentencing. Victoria is now living on her own and is a community college student. She is learning how to make new friends, which largely happens when she joins the student group, Students Against Sexual Assault and Harassment. Her new friends are outspoken and one even has a blog, “Patriarchy Pounder,” which operates like a whisper network, warning people of sexual predators. Her father and his estranged sister plead with Victoria, asking that she write a mild victim impact statement for the judge. Victoria is torn. Her supportive community wants to help her but Victoria needs to find her own voice. Her situation becomes more complicated as her past gets exposed online. The main characters are white. VERDICT This novel adeptly explores rape culture and the rights of survivors. It, along with book one, is recommended for all YA collections.—Lisa Gieskes, Richland County P.L., Columbia, SC

Review

A deftly crafted and compelling sequel.–Midwest Book Review

This novel adeptly explores rape culture and the rights of survivors. It, along with book one, is recommended for all YA collections.–
School Library Journal

A sensitive and satisfying story of surviving sexual abuse.–
Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Nikki Barthelmess is the author of several young adult books. Nikki entered foster care in Nevada at twelve and spent the next six years living in six different towns. During this time, she found solace in books, her journal, and the teachers who encouraged her as a writer. A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Nikki lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her pride-and-joy Corgi pup.