Each of us has a "silent thunder" - a quiet desire that rumbles from deep-down. For eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco, their secret dreams seem far out of reach. Both are slaves on a Virginia plantation in the year 1862. More than anything, Summer wants to learn...
Despite the danger and their mama's terrible fear of being sold off or worse, two young slaves are determined to fulfill their dreams--to satisfy the silent thunder, a desire that rumbles deep within each of them, refusing to be ignored.