When Silence Turned Blue

In Oakhaven, even color has a voice. Pigments sing, paintings roar, and the Resonant Academy teaches artists that the louder their work, the greater their worth. For twelve-year-old Milo Hayes, this beautiful, relentless chorus is a torment. His extraordinary sensitivity makes every grinding stone, painted sign, and ringing canvas impossible to ignore-and at home, the noise is slowly destroying his fragile, bedridden mother, Amelia.

Determined to give her relief, Milo searches for a c…