TY - BOOK AU - Creech,Sharon TI - The boy on the porch SN - 9780061892387 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, NY PB - Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Missing persons KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Mute persons KW - Parenthood N1 - School Library Journal, August 2013; Publisher's Weekly, June 2013; Kirkus Starred, August 2013; Booklist, August 2013; Horn Book, September 2013; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013; Library Media Connection, March 2014; 4.0; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.0; 3.0; 160663; NBEV N2 - One day John and Martha, a young couple, find a boy asleep on their porch. The boy is unable to speak and explain who he is, so they choose to care for the boy and embrace his exuberant spirit and talents ER -