Jilly thinks she’s figured out how life works.
But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realises how much she still has to learn. The world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently from Emma, just as it will treat them both differently from their Black cousins. A big fantasy reader, Jilly makes a connection online with another fantasy fan, Derek, who is a Deaf, Black ASL user.
As she and Derek become friends, Jilly makes some mistakes... but comes to understand that it’s up to her, not Derek, to figure out how to do better next time.
Within a world where kids like Derek and Emma aren’t assured the same freedom or safety as kids like Jilly, Jilly is starting to learn all the things she doesn’t know—and by doing that, she’s also working to discover how to support her family and her friends.
Book Features
- Alex Gino’s George won the Lambda Literary Award and the Stonewall Award.
- In difficult times, this novel shows how important it is to be an ally, and what that truly means.
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