Muted by Tami Charles
Published by Scholastic Press on February 2, 2021
ISBN: 1338673521
Pages: 400
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Muted by Tami Charles

 

Denver and her bandmates are positively sure that they will be the next big thing.  So, when they go to a concert of their absolutely favorite singer, Mercury Ellis, and he hears their voices and encourages them, that’s all it takes for two of them to be ready to follow Mercury anywhere.  But soon his interest turns to control as he dictates their every decision in this excellent novel in verse.  They are kept separated, must wear clothes he picks out, and are treated horribly in this book that seems like it was pulled from the news headlines.  The narrative switches back and forth from what is happening to Denver with the concerts and being locked in her room, to Denver returning home on a plane with her father.  The ending will positively shock readers.  I was totally not expecting it.  This book is recommended as a Cream of the Crop nominee .

 

Reviewed by Ellen Spring, Oceanside High School, Rockland