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This book follows a football team from a deaf high school in California as they reach for the state championship. It looks at the stories of some of the players and coaches along the way. Amazon picked this as their 2024 book of the year and while I would not give it that status, it‘s definitely worth reading.

Soft pick. This summer camp story is Obviously Teaching You Things About The Deaf World, but is otherwise well done and engaging. Content notes for ableism and police brutality.

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I struggled with this one.

Written from Matlin's first person perspective to that person's third person perspective just randomly before Matlin goes back to first person to finish the chapter which didn't help the odd pacing and overall awkwardness of the non linear.
She jumps all over the place without really going into too much detail or depth in the portion that I did read before I bailed at 20%.

What does it mean to be deaf? Different teens with differing levels of hearing and different comfort levels in communicating with speech and ASL learn to become a supportive community in this romance. Thoughtful and sweet.

Lilah feels stuck in the middle - not deaf enough to identify as deaf, but not hearing enough to meet the expectations of the hearing world. She takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind in hopes of becoming fluent in ASL. There she learns many lessons, both about life and her deaf identity. This is a really good look into deaf culture.
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I have learned so much about Deaf history though this middle grade series. Mary is now an adult in this third book, she is a teacher on Martha's Vineyard and travels abroad to spend time at Paris School for the Deaf in hopes of learning how to mimic it back home in the US.

This book is about a young girl who's mother is having a baby. The baby is born deaf. She meets a boy who is deaf and African American, she developed a crush on him. This book main message emphasizes how important it is to talk about social issues.

This novel is about a young girl who has a newborn sister that was born Deaf. She befriends a Black Deaf ASL user on a fantasy book chat page. He helps her navigate through supporting her newborn sister. Addresses serious issues such as ASL, racism, and the importance of understanding the POV of members of the Deaf community.

“You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P“ is about a young girl who lives in San Fransisco and her mom has a new baby who has a hearing disability. Jilly P meets someone who helps her have difficult conversations about serious issues. These include hearing disabilities, being a black person in our society, and being from a mixed family in our society. Can be a good book to introduce these heavy topics to middle school students.

This book is about a young girl who's mother is having a baby. The baby is born deaf. She meets a boy who is deaf and African American, she developed a crush on him. This book main message emphasizes how important it is to talk about social issues.