THE MISSING COLOR

The Missing Color

Growing up is not always beautiful. Sometimes it is confusing, lonely, and painfully silent.

The Missing Color is a deeply human Young Adult novel about seven teenagers living in the fragile space between who they were and who they are afraid of becoming. Set in a small town too narrow to embrace difference, the story follows characters shaped by invisible pain, unspoken fears, and identities still under construction.

Elisa feels disconnected from her own emotions. Mateus hides a truth that could destroy him. Júlia sees too much, including what she avoids facing within herself. Daniel is trapped inside a future chosen by others. Ana gives everything to everyone except herself. Pedro uses humor to survive emotional collapse. Luiza believes that changing the world is the only way not to disappear inside it.

Their lives intersect in an abandoned warehouse on the edge of the city, known as Warehouse 7. What begins as a forgotten place becomes a refuge. A space without judgment. A place where silence speaks, masks fall, and being truly seen requires courage.

With a sensitive, intense, and emotionally honest narrative, the novel explores themes of identity, friendship, sexuality, mental health, belonging, and the urgent need to exist authentically. There are no perfect heroes here, only real characters learning to survive the difficult transition between childhood and adulthood.