Silenced

Speak no evil . . .

Chris needs to talk, but he can’t. He lost the power of speech completely when his best friend, Declan, died in a car crash.

As months pass, school friends give up on him and only eco-freak Ariel and a suspiciously friendly new boy, Will, are left.

While Will encourages increasingly dangerous ways for Chris to forget Declan, Ariel realises her silent friend is hiding something.

But what is Chris’s terrifying secret?
And will he find his voice before it’s too late?

Packham’s deft handling of teen drama and emotions is as impressive as ever in this superb exploration of grief and loss.