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True Biz

Sara Nović

Start date: December 1, 2022

Finish date: December 31, 2022

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Aug 04, 2022 Chris rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbt, fiction, young-adult, ohio, coming-of-age

I am so tired of really good books with really crappy endings that I'm taking a star off of what should have been a five-star book. For most readers, this look inside life at a school for the Deaf will be eye opening. It tells the stories of three main characters: February, the school's headmistress; Austin, a student from a prominent Deaf family; and Charlie, a female student born to a hearing family who prevented her from learning American Sign Language and had her get a cochlear implant that ...more

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Jan 13, 2025 Joni (Jonez) rated it really liked it

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Overall, it was very well written, with the exception of the disjointed non-linear plotline. Was also quite educational. This would have been a 5 star had it not been the lack of cohesion.

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