A Voice for Troy – 5 Stars

For anyone who has suffered abuse at the hands of someone they should have been able to trust, this book may speak to you. This book will open your eyes to a world that children don’t deserve to live in, although sadly, some do. Don’t Tell will raise awareness to what hides in plain sight, because you can’t see it or hear it, and in this case, it was because young Troy had no voice.

The events in this account are powerful, shocking, saddening and rage-inducing, and incites the feeling of utter helplessness, because Troy’s life is now over and done with, and nothing can undo that. Don’t Tell is the story of a little boy so traumatized and abused, that it sounds almost unbelievable. Is it even possible that a woman, a mother, someone meant to love and nurture, really could have been such a monster? By all accounts, yes.

This book gives a voice to a little boy who had none, until as an adult he turned to a childhood friend and asked that she serve as his voice, his advocate, 

his cry to be seen and heard.

We see you, Troy. We hear your voice, even though you have now gone silent in death. It will carry on as your legacy with this book. May those who read, hear; those who hear, listen; those who listen, speak out and 

stand up for any child who has yet to be heard.

Elly Mossman – author, illustrator