Dumb is the most well-known school band in the area, and they’ve even earned the nod from a local recording exec from a talent content. There is rock and roll and there is the dream of making it big in that scene. This book, without a doubt, has massive teen appeal. Piper’s got to fit in now and she’ll have to do so without the support of her best friend. Piper and her best friend Marissa used to attend a special program for deaf students, but when funding got cut for the program, Piper was mainstreamed and Marissa’s family chose to move from the Seattle area down to San Francisco. Really, what does a deaf girl know about managing a band when she can’t even hear what they sound like anyway?Īntony John’s Five Flavors of Dumb is a refreshing work about the challenges most teenagers will both understand and never understanding: fitting in. Dumb takes the challenge, not taking too much stock in it. She claims she can get them a paying gig - not just something they’ve won. But what can she tell, exactly, about a band that’s won a couple of studio sessions and generated a little buzz at the high school? She’s deaf.īut Piper doesn’t let her deafness get in the way of offering them a challenge. She’s a little disgusted and a little intrigued. When Piper gets to school one day, Dumb is playing their set out front, and quite a crowd has gathered.
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