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Mousestar369
Since: Apr, 2023
Spoon-Assassin
Since: Apr, 2022

The character stops talking when they're a young kid. Later in the book, they or someone else is in danger and they have to scream, using their vocal chords for the first time in years. It was most likely a middle grade book.