True biz

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Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Novic, Sara	4-week checkout	On Hold Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Novic, Sara	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Novic, Sara	4-week checkout	Due 05-10-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Novic, Sara	4-week checkout	Due 04-23-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Novic, Sara	4-week checkout	Due 05-13-2024

"Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket.
"True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the headmistress, who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both at the same time. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another-and changed forever. This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, cochlear implants and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection"-- Provided by publisher.

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Best book I've read this year submitted by jdev13 on June 12, 2022, 6:42pm I loved this book! True Biz beautifully explores themes of community, activism, family, and communication, and the writing is unputdownable. This book taught me, it made me laugh, it asked big questions, and it's a new favorite!

5 stars submitted by russelan on June 20, 2022, 7:55pm This was fantastic. I loved Novic's book Girl at War and was happy to see she had another book coming out. I loved the way the different perspectives came together.

Great insight into Deaf culture submitted by aaaccess on July 23, 2022, 1:11am Mixes engaging characters with deep insights into Deaf culture. A winner.

learned so much submitted by JessicaIJ on June 9, 2023, 1:34pm great book, very educational and eye opening for me.

Engaging and thought provoking submitted by Emily LB on June 12, 2023, 8:49pm I really enjoyed this book! I appreciated the way education about deaf history, ASL, and related topics were both woven into the narrative, and infused in page-long fact sheets. I loved the characters and the story, although I was left wondering what happened next at the end.

A must read submitted by rshah on July 7, 2023, 1:44am This book is the epitome of why I read books by and about people with marginalized identities. Yes, it’s a darn good story. But you can expect that from any good writer. But books like this bring you into an entire world that you know exists but aren’t a part of. Using multiple points of view and set at a high school for deaf kids, Novic brilliantly brings you into the deaf community. We get both a coming-of-age story and a getting-your-shit-together story. What I absolutely loved was the added lessons on sign language and deaf culture/history that really brought this book to life. This is a book I highly recommend getting a physical copy of if you can, because the illustrations and asides really add to the richness of the book.