YA Book Club: True Biz by Sara Novic

540B Northwood Road,West Palm Beach FL 33407

04 May, 2022

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Come discuss the first half of True Biz by Sara Novic YA Book Club: True Biz by Sara Novic Scales & Tales LGBTQ+ Bookstore and Parlour with Ouroboros Lounge 540B Northwood Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Masks Required Bi-Weekly on Wednesdays at 6pm All Ages // Free Admission Concession Available Discussion of the first half of True Biz, followed by an open chat about any books you've been reading recently! Synopsis: A transporting novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War. True biz (adj/exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk 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. 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.