A Moment of Silence is a very deep, poetic type of novel. It is about a young girl trying to discover the meaning of lifeaher life. Sheas going through a transition from a girl to a woman and is unaware of her position. Sheas trying to figure out her place in this world, but she has some issues in her life that she has no control over. Struggling to go through the maze of lifea]will she make it to the end? Will she find her position?