“This must-listen is narrated by the author, who drew from her own experience in an all-girl R&B group…This novel in verse is periodically interspersed with Denver’s original music, and listeners will be enraptured by Charles’s fluid performance of the poetry, her gorgeous voice, and her powerful songs. This audio edition features for brand-new original songs all written, composed, and performed by author and narrator Tami Charles! Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her - and what it takes to fight back. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.ĭenver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights - plus hours and hours in the recording studio. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis.
Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. In her teens and early twenties, Tami enjoyed a taste of fame as a member of an all-girl R&B trio. A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds!įor seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Tami Charles is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including the picture book All Because You Matter (illustrated by Bryan Collier) and the novels Muted, Like Vanessa, and Becoming Beatriz.
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