Youre Welcome, Universe

Posted on 12 January 2018 by Whitney Gardner

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful albeit illegal graffiti mural.Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one way ticket to a mainstream school in the suburbs, where she s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up.Out in the burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off and showing Julia up in the process She expected her art might get painted over by cops But she never imagined getting dragged into a full blown graffiti war. Best Download Books Youre Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner – kino-fada.fr 4.5 I received an ARC for review from Chapters Indigo as I am an Indigo employee but this in no way affects or influences my opinion This was such a beautiful story I loved how thoughtfully it portrayed Deaf culture and really how overall diverse it was A Deaf Indian MC with lesbian parents, like come on And the two moms thing wasn t even a plot point, in fact it was hardly brought ...I really struggled to finish this book At less than 300 pages it should have been a breeze, but it took me so long to push through.One problem, perhaps, is that I chose the wrong kind of story for me I like it when art is a subplot in a book used for expressing oneself or for escapism but I am often bored by books that focus almost entirely on art I have no personal interest in different types of paint and the techniques required to turn them into something beautiful I don t get anything I really struggled to finish this book At less than 300 pages it should have been a breeze, but it took me so long to push through.One problem, perhaps, is that I chose the wrong kind of story for me I like it when art is a subplot in a book used for expressing oneself or for escapism but I am often bored by books that focus almost entirely on art I have no personal interest in different types of paint and the techniques required to turn them into something beautiful I don t get anything out of art lessons about still life, or wheatpaste I need something .And there isn t really anything More, that is You re Welcome, Universe s plot is about a graffiti war between the Deaf protagonist, Julia, and some mystery artist who keeps paint...My little sister is deaf and we ve been waiting forever for an accurate portrayal of a deaf main character who gets to dowith her story besides just be deaf This book was so incredibly well done Julia is a Deaf Indian teen with two moms who are also deaf She s really into graffiti street art but gets kicked out of her deaf school for trying to cover up a rude comment someone wrote about her friend who totally sold her out Julia keeps working at McDonalds to pay for her supplies, s My little sister is deaf and we ve been waiting forever for an accurate portrayal of a deaf main character who gets to dowith her story besides just be deaf This book was so incredibly well done Julia is a Deaf Indian teen with two moms who are also deaf She s really into graffiti stre...Silence is the loudest sound It s been a really long time since I ve read a book that has, chapter after chapter, taught me so much about a world I knew so little about Actually, make that two worlds.Julia is Deaf, and when her best friend rats her out for spraying graffiti in the school gym, she has to leave the Deaf school that she goes to and attend a Public school where no one knows how to communicate with her What follows is a frustrating and eye opening experience for Julia and me I l Silence is the loudest sound It s been a really long time since I ve read a book that has, chapter after chapter, taught me so much about a world I knew so little about Actually, make that two worlds.Julia is Deaf, and when her best friend rats her out for spraying graffiti in the s...The last YA book I read with illustrations inside was gorgeous little Everything, Everything, and that was almost two years ago, so I was surprised to find plenty of drawings to admire when I opened this new book.Sadly though, I do believe they weren t exactly necessary They don t add to the story, since the author uses space to describe them anyway It wouldn t have been hard to picture them, had they not been included Regardless, it s one of the things that make this book different from the The ...I really, really liked this One of the best debuts I ve read this year.Representation includes a main character who is Indian American and Deaf, she has two mothers who are both also Deaf, and a side character who is fat What I liked There was very minimal romance The main character mentions a crush and there is one kissing scene, but romance was never really explored This was nice and refreshing There was a large focus on friendship and hobbies The hobby was street art, which I don t see I really, really liked this One of the best debuts I ve read...3 stars This book started out strong and then midway through kind of fell off for me It s about a deaf teenager named Julia who likes spray paint art When there is a graffiti tag insulting her best friend she covers it up with her own art, and then gets expelled from her school for it Now she s in a new school with no friends, one that isn t for deaf students so she needs an interpreter Julia is having a hard time and doesn t fit in, and doesn t want to fit in.I think Whitney Gardner nailed 3 stars This book started out strong and then midway through kind of fell off for me It s about a deaf teenager named Julia who likes spray paint art When there is a graffiti tag insulting her best friend she covers it up with her own art, and then gets expelled from her school for it Now she s in ...I loved YOU RE WELCOME, UNIVERSE Deaf culture Graffiti artists Words and artwork combining to tell the story Intersectionality All of these things made me so so so excited to read this book, and they did not disappoint I wanted them to be awesome, and that s exactly what they were.What made the book even better than I hoped was the complexity of the characters The main character, Julia, doesn t always make good decisions She s not always nice I loved her to bits, but also sometimes wante I loved YOU RE WELCOME, UNIVERSE Deaf culture Graffiti artists Words and artwork combining to tell the story Intersectionality All of these things made ...Loved it This book has a complex and completely compelling central character, and I loved spending time in her world The artwork offers another fascinating layer to the story, almost as good as the lovingly detailed descriptions of the passion and...This review first appeared on The Bent Bookworm This book made me happy Happy in the contented, yeeeeees this was good kind of way I don t read that many contemporaries usually find them trite and boring , so I don t think I m easy to please but this book I pretty much clutched it to myself and gave it a hug when I finished Also can I please have this quote on t shirt I m not easy Never have been.Julia is a tough cookie A tough cookie with an artist s heart and soul I love her so m This review first appeared on The Bent Bookworm This book made me happy Happy in the contented, yeeeeees this was good kind of way I don t read that many contemporaries usually find them trite and boring , so I don t think I m easy to please but this book I pretty much clutched it to myself and gave it a hug when I finished Also can I please have this quote on t shirt I m not easy Never have been.Julia is a tough cookie A tough cookie with an artist s heart and soul I love her so much, even though I m not sure she would like me, hehe She has been hurt so many times in life that she ...

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12 January 2018

Whitney Gardner