{"product_id":"the-color-of-silence-autographed-hardcover","title":"The Color of Silence Autographed Hardcover with Soundtrack","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA signed copy, straight from my desk to yours.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a special education teacher, and I wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e out of my years working with nonverbal and neurodivergent students. That work is where this book came from. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach copy is signed by hand before it ships. Thank you for making room for this story on your shelf.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1930 Atlanta, five-year-old Darius Turner lives in a world that does not understand him. This is a heartfelt historical fantasy about family, resilience, autism, and the transforming power of being truly seen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabeled broken in a world that dismisses him, a nonverbal boy discovers the dream realm where he's not damaged. He's destined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarius lives inside a silence no one knows how to enter. His mother, Sadie, loves him fiercely, but love doesn't stop the stares, the whispers, or the cruel certainty that something in her son must be wrong. Darius can't explain the storms inside him. He can only endure them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen sleep opens a door.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a hidden realm where rules bend, and color tells the truth, Darius meets Azure, a wise Dreamers' Dragon who doesn't demand words, only courage. Night after night, Azure teaches Darius to shape what he can't say, regulate emotions, and turn patterns and drawings into a language the waking world can finally recognize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Darius's dreams aren't only a refuge. As Darius begins to learn, find friendship, and a fragile foothold in his own life, something waits in the shadows of Somnoria and the seam between worlds starts to strain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause Darius isn't broken. He's being called. And in the shadow beyond, a patient darkness takes notice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe veil between dreams and waking life is weakening, and a force long hidden is beginning to reach for the world Darius calls home. To survive what is coming, Darius must take his first steps toward trust, language, and courage, and learn that the very things others fear in him may be the key to saving far more than himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Color of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first book in the Dreamers' Dragons series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CJ Gryffin Enterprises LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48977592025278,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/6282\/6430\/files\/Cover_standing_new.png?v=1789333878","url":"https:\/\/shop.cjgryffin.com\/products\/the-color-of-silence-autographed-hardcover","provider":"CJ Gryffin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}