True Biz

Oh my gosh, loved this, couldn't put it down. I LOVE when a book has multiple POVs and you love each one so much that every time it switches you're like “oh no I wanted more of this character” but then you feel the same about the next character. The residential school framing here is so perfect to educate hearing readers about different aspects of ASL and Deaf culture without feeling like a big infodump, and it was SO interesting to me.

This was a great pick from the Alex Award committee–definitely a lot of teen appeal here with the teen characters, but a lot of complex adult issues too. And the mixed media-ish format is really cool.