Vielleicht passiert ein Wunder

"Vielleicht passiert ein Wunder" is the German edition of Sara Barnard's "A Quiet Kind of Thunder". Steffi has lived with selective mutism and severe social anxiety for years, mostly staying silent outside her closest friendships. When Rhys, who is deaf, joins her school, the two begin communicating through notes and British Sign Language, and what starts as a practical friendship becomes something more.

The novel is told from Steffi's perspective as she navigates first love while managing anxiety that makes even ordinary interactions difficult, with Rhys's deafness portrayed as one part of who he is rather than a plot device. Barnard writes the relationship with care for both characters' actual disabilities rather than romanticizing them, and the book focuses on small, hard-won steps — a first spoken sentence, a first date — rather than a dramatic cure.

It is a standalone YA contemporary romance dealing honestly with anxiety, communication, and first love.