Status Updates From Ballade pour une baleine

I really enjoyed this book with my middle school daughter. Great to get the deaf perspective and also we learned a lot of about whales, cruises, and Alaska. Very nice book and story I would give it a 4.3 if we did points.

Okay. Obviously, you shouldn't go on a trip with your grandmother to Alaska as a minor, specifically when there are concerns about your grandmother's mental and physical health. However, I feel like this is a very obvious point and there is a very clear reason why this choice was made (resolving two stories at the same time).

This is beautiful and very compellingly written. Iris's frustrations and sorrow and hope grip my heart. And it makes me happy that so much care was put into this from the author and others in the deaf experience.