Those moments when thoughts boom louder and no words are shared. Moments of suspense, shock, and togetherness. This is loud silence. As an aspiring writer, Cassidy Fuller goes through the ups and downs of eighth grade, she experiences a lot of loud silences, and suddenly her stories get more interesting. What will happen when she finds a stranger in the woods? With the strength of her best friend, passion for writing, and desire to help her musically gifted brother attend the college their parents are so against, maybe she will begin to produce some noise out of the loud silence.