When Words Won't Come

BOOK 5: WHEN WORDS WON'T COMEFinding Your Voice When Speaking Feels ImpossibleKai has so much to say. But at school, the words won't come.When new student Kai joins Ms. Chen's second-grade class, The Brighteners notice something different. Kai doesn't speak. Not to teachers. Not to other kids. Not even to say hello.It's not shyness. It's not rudeness. It's selective mutism—an anxiety disorder that...