You're Welcome, Universe

I took an 8 week course in ASL and have continued to use it since. I can not express enough what an amazing job representing deaf culture and in general the book is really nicely diverse. Whitney Gardner has some nice experience with the deaf community as well. You can read an interview with her here.

Even though this is a young adult and does have that high school type drama troupe I really didn't mind because Whitney managed to keep the whole book interesting and wrap up nicely in 300ish pages. I think a couple of issues are legitimate like what should be considered graffiti vs. art and what true friends should be. All in all, a very captivating read! I love that Julia's art is in the book and it makes a really big impact. Excellent book, I recommend! ~Ashley