Can You Feel the Thunder?

by Lynn E. McElfresh

Mic Parsons, struggling to deal with his deaf-blind older sister, making the school baseball team, and growing apart from his best friend, finds two eccentric kids who help him get his life back to normal.

Genres: Young Adult

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Oscar Maquito · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4/5

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t let the reading level fool you. This is a very sweet story of love, acceptance, and growing up.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

At a tween age when everything and everybody in your family is embarrassing, 13- year-old Mic Parsons finds his situation especially so. His older sister Stephanie is blind and deaf and does some odd things around the house. Mic's old friends, Treemont and Stolks are used to it all, but when Vern Chortle, aka "Nerd Boy" moves in down the street, things get more complicated.

Vern follows Mic everywhere, yet even with his odd clothes and behavior, Mic slowly becomes friends with him. He finds out that Vern is a great baseball player, and along with Vern's father, they help Mic become even better. But, there's those pesky math grades that worry Mic the most. He doesn't understand fractions and no one can seem to help him. He needs to raise his grades before his parents will agree to try-outs.

Enter a most unlikely source to help him make sense of those numbers. Once his grades begin to show improvement, Mic discovers that oddities are ok, even special, and he settles into a comfortable routine. Sometimes things need to drastically change before they become better.

[Kennyunitas19 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a fun read for people that are having troubles in their lifes. a character named Mic lives on a weird street with other weird people. his own family is pretty weird. this book is good for people who have experienced a family member with a mental or physical disability. in this book Mic's sister stephanie is deaf and she really is interesting to read about. so in conclusion the point is if you want to read a book with a little knowledge and anticipation, this book is for you.

[Tyler · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I read in this book is that this new kid goes to a new school and he makes a new friend that lives right down the block from
Him. The part that I am up to is when they are at lunch and the new kid starts to eat the school lunch and they think the school lunch is nasty so they are looking at him like how do
You like that nasty school lunch.
It is also a good book to read.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

About a boy who's on the verge of puberty, his deaf/blind sister, and how he copes with having a family member who is different.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think it would be hard having a disabled sibling, especially one that extreme