A Quiet Kind of Thunder Steffi doesnt talk. Rhys cant hear. They understand each other perfectly. Love isnt always a lightning strike. Sometimes its the rumbling roll of Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - shes been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. Hes deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that shes assigned to look after him. To Rhys it doesnt matter that Steffi doesnt talk and, as they find ways