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What the Boy Knew
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 7 2026
Pages: 420
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
WHAT THE BOY KNEW
Twelve-year-old Matthew Owens lives in a world of silence.
Born deaf, he has learned to read lips, watch people carefully, and notice things others miss. When his parents move their family to a remote house at the end of a lonely gravel road bordering a vast forest, it is supposed to be a fresh start. A new home. A new life. A chance to leave their troubled past behind.
But the past isn't finished with them.
Matthew's father, Rick, is a man battling his own demons-alcohol, rage, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. As tensions inside the house begin to rise again, the isolation of their new home only makes things worse. Strange encounters in the woods, suspicious strangers, and a growing sense that something is terribly wrong begin to surround the Owens family.
Matthew may live in silence, but he sees everything.
He sees the fear in his mother's eyes.
He sees the anger building inside his father.
And he sees the danger coming long before anyone else does.
As the fragile balance of their family begins to collapse, Matthew finds himself caught between loyalty, fear, and a truth that could change everything.
Because sometimes the one person who understands the most...
is the one no one listens to.
What the Boy Knew is a gripping psychological thriller about family, violence, secrets, and the terrifying power of knowing the truth when you're the only one who sees it.
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