num_pages: 171
description: Realistic and involving, YAs will identify with Gustie and her wish to belong; the book should touch them and be popular. School Library Journal Gustie Blaine is 15 when she contracts meningitis and loses her hearing as a result. After struggling to adjust, she learns through her new boyfriend and his deaf brother about other deaf people and how they succeed.
language: English
title: Belonging
titlecomplete: Belonging
genres: Young Adult
ratings_count: 43
publisher: Gallaudet University Press