num_pages: 388
description: Part coming of age part call to action this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an exploration of what it means to belong.Set in an ominously prescient near future this is the story of Piper. Sixteen smart artistic and rebellious; she's struggling to conform to what her mom wants--for her to be 'normal ' to pass as hearing and get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity environmental collapse and political corruption Piper has other things on her mind--like survival.Deaf since the age of three Piper has always been told that she needs to compensate in a world that puts those who can hear above everyone else. But when she meets Marley a whole new world opens up--one where Deafness is something to celebrate rather than hide and where resilience and hope are created by taking action building a community and believing in something better.
language: English
title: The Words in My Hands
publisher: Annick Press