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True (--sort Of)

author: Hannigan, Katherine
For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without knowing why, until her little brother, R.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440

Silent To The Bone

author: Konigsburg, E. L
When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, Nikki, thirteen-year-old Branwell loses his power of speech, and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 66
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810

Flip-flop Girl

author: Paterson, Katherine
Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: brothers and sisters, grief, death, friendship [X], selective mutism [X]

Understanding Buddy

author: Kornblatt, Marc
When a new classmate stops speaking because of the sudden death of his mother, fifth grader Sam tries to befriend him and risks destroying his relationship with his best friend Alex.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: death, grief, selective mutism [X], schools, friendship [X]

Lightland

author: Mccutchen, Heather
Twelve-year-old Lottie and her best friend Lewis, who speaks only to her, find themselves in a world called LightLand, where they confront the dreaded NightKing, a dangerous being who experiments with the energies of memory.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: magic, memory, best friends, friendship [X], selective mutism [X]

The Only Alien On The Planet

author: Randle, Kristen D
After moving to the East Coast, Ginny enters her senior year of high school and uncovers the secret behind a new friend's refusal to speak.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650

Straw Sense

author: Rupert, Rona
An old man who makes dolls breaks through the loneliness of a young boy who doesn't speak.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: selective mutism [X], dolls, friendship [X], mutism

A Time To Keep Silent

author: Whelan, Gloria
When thirteen-year-old Clair's relationship with her minister father changes after her mother's death, she stops speaking, and the subsequent events change both their lives.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: fathers and daughters, children of clergy, grief, selective mutism [X], friendship [X]

Jubilee

author: Giff, Patricia Reilly
Living with her aunt and dog years after her mother left and she stopped speaking, Judith communicates through gestures and drawing cartoons while tackling the challenges of a new school and wondering if she should seek out her mother.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540

What Comes Next

author: Buyea, Rob
Twelve-year-old Thea, devastated after seeing her best friend die, begins to open to the possibility of new friendships and forgiveness, and comes to believe in what cannot be fully explained.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grief, selective mutism [X], dogs, family life, best friends, friendship [X]

Quack

author: Humphrey, Anna
"After a duck helps ten-year-old Shady Cook, who has selective mutism, to gain confidence, he and his best friend, Pouya, bring the emotional support duck to school to help the many underdogs there.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

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