num_pages: 386
description: TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really seriously definitely real-talkTrue biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up pass their history finals and have politicians doctors 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. 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'sand changed forever.This is a story of sign language and lip-reading disability 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.
language: English
title: True Biz
publisher: Random House