Mute

🎧 Title: Mute

Genres: Teen Fiction · Mental Health · Friendship · Coming-of-Age

Content Warnings: Selective Mutism, Mental Illness, Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, etc

💬 Synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old May Crudence hasn't spoken to anyone but her older brother in years. She's selectively mute, an emotional empath, and tired of being seen as fragile. School is survivable-until Camila and her crew decide it's time to break her silence.

Zee talks enough for both of them. Fast-talking, jittery, and always smiling, Zee is May's closest friend... but she's also battling early-onset schizophrenia and hiding a lot behind that grin.

And then there's Isaac Panell. Kind, observant, curious Isaac-who may or may not be May's friend. Because sometimes he's laughing with Camila. Sometimes he's apologizing with his eyes. And sometimes, he's just... gone. He's the gay wild card.

Three teens. Three truths. One school where silence is dangerous, and secrets are louder than words.

🌙 Characters:

May Crudence
- 13 years old
- Selectively mute
- Emotional empath
- Speaks only to Owen (her brother) and sometimes Zee
- Quiet, sensitive, smart-and so much more than what people assume
- Her silence isn't weakness. It's survival.

Zandra "Zee" Alinos
- 13 years old
- Diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia
- Hyper, talkative, and always on the move
- May's best (and maybe only) friend
- Her voice fills every silence-partly because she's afraid of what she'll hear if it doesn't.

Isaac Panell
- 13 years old
- Gay, emotionally complex
- Camila's tagalong... but maybe not by choice
- Wants to do the right thing. Doesn't always succeed.
- May trusts him. But should she?

✨ Mute is a story about trauma, friendship, betrayal, and what it means to be heard-even when you can't speak.

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