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Soft pick. This summer camp story is Obviously Teaching You Things About The Deaf World, but is otherwise well done and engaging. Content notes for ableism and police brutality.

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What does it mean to be deaf? Different teens with differing levels of hearing and different comfort levels in communicating with speech and ASL learn to become a supportive community in this romance. Thoughtful and sweet.

Lilah feels stuck in the middle - not deaf enough to identify as deaf, but not hearing enough to meet the expectations of the hearing world. She takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind in hopes of becoming fluent in ASL. There she learns many lessons, both about life and her deaf identity. This is a really good look into deaf culture.
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This book seems right up my alley but it just isn‘t working for me. After about 90 pages I‘m bailing. I‘m disappointed but yeah, I‘m just not enjoying the reading experience. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Read while the 33rd anniversary of ADA fell on the calendar (July 26). Far from my first Deaf/HoH title and still so profound. The arrest scene is such a small part of the overall storyline but one that will replay in my thoughts for a very long time. So many powerful themes throughout that I wish this book could be made into required reading just so everyone would understand the importance of accessibility and Deaf culture.

Lilah feels somewhere in between. She doesn‘t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf but not “hearing enough” to meet the world‘s expectations. She takes a summer job as a junior counselor at a deaf and blind camp that she attended when she was younger in the hopes of gaining more proficiency in ASL. She meets an eclectic group of peers and a couple of possible love interests and also learns some lessons the hard way, both personally and as a 🔻