FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB

WHY SHOULD YOU READ THIS BOOK?

• Because it's about a deaf girl and her band
• It doesn't have lots of strong language
• It talks about a teen feeling invisible in school
• The book keeps you awake
• It takes a long time for the action to come

INTERESTING PARTS IN THE BOOK

• piper baby sis force to get a cochlear implant
• Piper the main character can't hear Dumb's music
• Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig.
• If she does it, Piper will become the band's manager
• Has a lot of emotion

MORE INTERESTING STUFF

• Piper has no idea if the band is any good or not. She's deaf
• She begins the story having a fractured relationship with her parents
• Piper's big mouth has led her into a bit of a mess
• The band name is "DUMB" it was their idea
• There are excellent lessons about not judging a person

Quote from the book
"I watched Josh strutting, Ed practicing, Kallie hiding, Will spacing, and Tash gazing at Will, and realized that Baz was right. This wasn't a group at all.