CHLOE CAMDEN HAS A BIG HEART AND an even bigger collection of vintage shoes, not to mention a big personality and a primo spot with the in-crowd. But her world careens off its axis when her best friend inexplicably turns the entire school against her. Alone and desperate, Chloe joins her school's struggling radio station, where she must team up with a group of misfits who don't find her too queenly.
Chloe ends up hosting a call-in show that gets the station some much-needed publicity but also trouble, both for the station and for radio techie Duncan Moore, a quiet soul with a romantic heart. On and off the air, Chloe must think carefully about whether it's better to talk or to listen.
Caller, you're on the air with Chloe, Queen of the Universe…
To Lee
Sometimes change sneaks up on you, carried in on the breath of spring, sliding through the sun-soaked waves of summer, breezing along the whisper and crackle of fall. Other times change prefers a more direct route. It comes down fast and hard. Wham. Like a ginormous hammer.
-Chloe Camden, Shut Up and Listen: A Junior Independent Study Project by a Queen Without a Castle, p. 1
