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True biz : a novel / Sara Nović.

Nović, Sara, 1987- (author.).

Summary:
"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 at the same time. 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593241509
  • ISBN: 0593241509
  • Physical Description: 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket.
"An earlier version of Eliot's story was published as "Conversion" in Guernica, February 17, 2014" -- Title page verso.
Awards Note:
Alex Award winner, 2023
Subject: Deaf children > Fiction.
Deaf > Education > Fiction.
Deaf > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Deaf > Means of communication > Fiction.
American Sign Language > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Boarding schools > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
School fiction.

Available copies

  • 55 of 59 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 59 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION NOVIC (Text)
Bookplate: In Memory of James D. Hill
50686016159555 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F NOV (Text) 37268003127446 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F NOV (Text) 33240004936103 Adult Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F NOV (Text) 75011000374964 Adult Fiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library NOV (Text) 33249023880937 New Available -
Boone Area Library NOV (Text) 33249024512935 Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library FC NOV BCPL FLOATING COLLECTION (Text) 33249025307939 Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Nov (Text) 85131001824284 CACM Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION NOVIC (Text) 50688010812262 Adult Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library FICTION NOVIC (Text) 50689090007336 Browsing Available -


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