Mouth Shut Head Down: a novel about Coercive Control in Trafficking

By: Donaher, Geraldine

Seventeen-year-old Allee Gray has always been good at hiding.

When her father's drinking spirals into violence, she slips out the bathroom window to the library, her best friend Tanaya's house or her job at Pop's Pizza. But when tragedy takes her mother's life, Allee faces a new reality-a grief she can't escape.

But Tanaya has secrets, too. As Allee watches her best friend get drawn into a dangerous relationship, she realizes that staying quiet may cost more than she can bear.

To protect the people she loves-and herself-Allee must go against all she learned and find the courage to speak up.

Tender and unflinching, this is a story of friendship, resilience, and the power of finding your voice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1957863536
• ISBN13: 9781957863535
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Parisian Phoenix Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary