{"title":"The Color of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Color of Silence is Book One in the Dreamers' Dragon series by CJ Gryffin, a special education teacher who works with nonverbal students. Set in 1930s Atlanta, it follows Darius, a nonverbal boy, and his mother Sadie, along with a dragon named Azure who understands him without words. Choose from paperback, hardcover, a signed hardcover with the companion soundtrack, or the soundtrack on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-color-of-silence","title":"The Color of Silence Paperback","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI'm a special education teacher, and I wrote The Color of Silence out of my years working with nonverbal and neurodivergent students. It's the story of Darius, a nonverbal boy in 1930s Atlanta, his mother Sadie, and a dragon named Azure who meets him in a place where words aren't the only way to be heard. 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