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The Hallorans cheat at cards. For generations they have known ow to deal, when to fold, and how not to get backed into corners. They communicate with signs and quiet symbols, and what they say is not what they mean. Like his father and brother, Charlie has spent his young life manipulating everyone he meets into handing over just what he needs of them. But he's still playing in the kinds of games that leave scars. And he has just pushed one ma...

Joseph Carl Taft is a boy with a remarkable ability he can see flashes of the future a heavy burden to bear, especially for a boy who cannot speak. The fragments Joseph sees reveal more than he wants to know and less than he can fully understand. But "Semaphore" is about more than language and the ability to move beyond one's own time. It's also about the terrible weight of fear. Brilliantly written, emotionally taut, this is an achingly beaut...