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Smart, funny, and realistic fiction for the rock star inside everyone. With a strong female narrator and a tone thats light and serious at turns, id also recommend this to fans of sarah dessen and maybe john green. Buy a cheap copy of five flavors of dumb book by antony john. Antonys book respectfully and humorously portrays aspects of being a deaf teen in todays world, dealing with family, friends and. Document, fiction, secondary senior high school, internet resource. Can she manage a band with five wildly different musicians, nurture a budding romance, and discover her own inner rock star, though she cant. Winner of the schneider book award the awardwinning author of the elemental series delivers a rockandroll novel that lauren myracle called raw, fresh, funny, and authentic. Surprising and inspiring, this awardwinning book is more than just a great con. She desperately needs the money if she plans to go to college, ever since her parents raided her account to pay for. Books similar to five flavors of dumb five flavors of dumb. When the hottest high school rock band, dumb, asked eighteen year old piper if she would be the bands manager, no one expected her to say yes.

Genre realistic fiction subjects deaf teenagers, family dynamics, highschool, seattle washington, rock groups summary 18yearold piper was willing to put up with just about anything her family or school could dish out because she knew that her grandparents had left. The best part about five flavors of dumb really is piper herself. Books with deaf main characters ya lit with deaf characters. Five flavors of dumb by anthony john disability in kidlit. Antony john, quote from five flavors of dumb he was depressed. Melissa posten, puddnhead books, webster groves, mo view the list. It s interesting to see music through a deaf person. While my recent understanding is that im less likely to enjoy a book if my main reason for reading is is the premise, i have to admit that five flavors of dumb is a book ill be looking into mainly because of the premise. Five flavors of dumb was chosen to receive this years schneider family award for its artistic expression of a disability experience for an adolescent.

But, piper vaughan did, and she has only a month to get dumb a paying gig. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. Tonewise and topicwise, the book reminded me of audrey, wait. The first edition of the novel was published in november 11th 2010, and was written by antony john. Antony johns writing style is easy to read and filled with wit and charm. Dumb is not the name piper, a high school senior who is deaf, would have chosen for a heavy metal band, yet she volunteers to manage this disparate group of wouldbe musicians. I also loved her developing relationship with the girls of dumb, tasha and kallie. Can she manage a band with five wildly different musicians, nurture a budding romance, and discover her own inner rock star, though she cant hear dumbs music. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Five flavors of dumb is a novel ive had on my radar for awhile, but one i simply brushed off a countless number of times.

Free download or read online five flavors of dumb pdf epub book. Energy is throbbing and piper is experiencing an amazing feeling of release as all that teenage angst and stress and confusion is momentarily expelled into the universe. Piper has one month to get the rock band dumb a paying gig. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Antony johns young adult novel five flavors of dumb 2010 follows a high school rock band and its new manager as they try to land their first paying gig. On the rare occasions that i stumble across a book featuring a disabled character while browsing, i gravitate to it. I think thats the new pc term, and definitely sounds better. Winner of the schneider book awardthe awardwinning author of the elemental series delivers a rockandroll novel that lauren myracle called raw, fresh, funny, and authentic. High school senior piper wasnt born deaf, but by the age of six shed all but lost. Five flavors of dumb book by antony john thriftbooks. Author antony johns website highlights his 2010 novel five flavors of dumb. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of five flavors of dumb by antony john. Sure, based on premise alone it seems more like a standard issues book, but if its an interesting and original. Read books for free from anywhere and from any device.

This summary of five flavors of dumb includes a complete plot overview. Review of five flavors of dumb by antony john rhapsody. She has such a strong voice, sense of herself, and talent for sarcasm. Antony john eighteenyearold piper becomes the manager for her classmates popular rock band, called dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band. John has a background in music, including a career in classical music. Louis with his wife and two sons and is a stayathome dad.

Five flavors of dumb by antony john hardcover book, 337 pages see other available editions description the challenge. Piper cant hear dumbs music, but with growing selfconfidence, a budding romance, and a new understanding of the decision her family made to buy a cochlear implant for her deaf baby sister, she discovers her own inner rock star and what it truly means to be a flavor of dumb. I loved that five flavors of dumb is much, much more than an issues book. I started this saturday night 12911 and finished it early the following day. Five flavors of dumb received the schneider family book award, and after looking it up on goodreads i knew i had to read it. You will learn so much about deaf culture, seattle and music.

Piper is a seventeenyearold high school senior, and shes just been challenged to get her schools superpopular rock band, dumb, a paying gig. Five flavors of dumb has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Five flavors of dumb paperback the elliott bay book. Winner of the schneider book award the awardwinning author of the elemental series delivers a. Piper is eighteen, smart, a good kid and not too popular the day she stands in front of her high school on a monday morning watching the newly crowned winner of the seattle battle of the bands, dumb, play for the rockin crowd. Five flavors of dumb award winning books are fun to read. Also, it got me thinking about how maybe i should just stop using the term handicapped and instead say differently abled. As long as you dont hate music especially rock music, i think youll enjoy five flavors of dumb. Eighteenyearold piper becomes the manager for her classmates popular rock band, called dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along. Many of my students are in band andor choir, so ive read a number of books that fit with those students i.

Five flavors of dumb piper is a seventeenyearold high school senior, and shes just been challenged to get her schools superpopular rock band, dumb, a paying gig. Eighteenyearold piper has one month to get her high schools coolest rock band dumb a paying gig. There was no togetherness, no blending just five separate flavors of an indigestible dish called dumb. Use search by author, title or series to find more. The main characters of this young adult, contemporary story are. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 338 pages and is available in hardcover format. The band members an egomaniacal pretty boy, a talentless piece of eye candy, a silent rocker, an angry girl, and the boy she has a crush on leave a little to be desired. I had an instant connection with piper because shes. Like for instance, how she has to feel the beat of the music or how she has to read their lips to know what they are saying is quite cool. Five flavors of dumb ebook by antony john rakuten kobo. Read five flavors of dumb by antony john available from rakuten kobo. Five flavors of dumb by antony john, paperback barnes.

Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the five flavors of dumb, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having. I love great girl friendship books, and by the end this one totally fit the bill. If she does it, piper will become the bands manager and get her share of the profits. Winner of the schneider book awardthe awardwinning author of the elemental series delivers a rockandroll novel that lauren myracle. Electronic books fiction juvenile works dust jackets bindings juvenile fiction. It was never a priority on my list, but when i found myself stranded waiting for a long time with nothing to read but this novel on my kindle, i decided to give it a shot.

Five flavors of dumb is now one of my favorite books of all time and i dont slap that label on books lightly. Can she manage a band with five wildly different musicians, nurture a budding romance, and discover her own. Piper has one month to get the rock band dumb a paying gig or she can kiss her college aspirations goodbye. Listen to books in audio format instead of reading. At the same time, youll empathise so strongly with piper and the five flavors of dumb, you will walk away amazed. Only four other books have that title and this one right here is number five. Antony john is the author of five flavors of dumb, which won the schneider family book award. I love all of those books and authors just mentioned, so im sure youve deduced that i loved five flavors of dumb, too. Five flavors of dumb, his second novel, grew out of johns fascination with rock music and rock personalities and a challenge by his wife to write a rock story from the point of view of a deaf character. Tags five flavors, dumb, piper, deaf, rock band, chapter one upcoming events.