The Silence Between Sirens

A boy caught between silence and survival. A mask that remembers more than he does. A story that refuses to look away.Seventeen-year-old Jake Ellis has learned to disappear. Between an abusive father, an empty fridge, and a city that swallows the unseen, his best skill is staying quiet.But when the sirens come and his father is arrested for murder, Jake’s world fractures. Placed in a group home with no family left and no answers, he begins to unravel—until he’s handed a flyer for a youth art program that changes everything.At Firehouse Arts, masks are more than art. They’re memory. They’re legacy. And they don’t just hide the truth—they show it.As Jake sculpts and paints his way through grief and rage, his drawings begin to bleed with images he doesn’t remember. Dreams twist into visions. Doors appear in his sketches. The masks whisper.And the silence between sirens… starts to speak.A lyrical and haunting debut perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, A.S. King, and Emily X.R. Pan,The Silence Between Sirens is a genre-blending novel about identity, trauma, and the alchemy of art.Because sometimes, the only way to find your voice… is to make something that can speak for you.