War of the Wind by Victoria Williamson

An award-winning climate fiction novel that explores unlikely friendships as a group of children with disabilities find themselves at the heart of an eco-mystery. On a remote Scottish island, 14-year-old Max?_Ts life is changed forever when he loses his hearing in a boating accident. He has to navigate a new silent world alone?_"even his parents don?_Tt understand that wearing a hearing aid doesn?_Tt mean he can hear clearly. On top of that, he?_Ts placed in a special educational needs class surrounded by kids he once picked on. When people start acting strangely and Max?_Ts hearing aid picks up odd sounds from a new wind farm off the coast, he suspects a sinister scientist is using wind turbines to experiment on the islanders. Could being different be an advantage? Max enlists the help of his classmates to shut down the government?_Ts secret test before it spins out of control?_?
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