Julia is expelled from the Kingston School for the Deaf when she covers up a slur written about her best friend with graffiti. Sent to a mainstream school for the first time, she struggles with her art and isolation as the only deaf student before being dragged into a graffiti war. She has two moms
Publisher’s Description:
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.
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Julia
Sexual and Romantic Orientation:
Julia is straight. She lives with her two moms.
Race/Ethnicity:
Julia is Indian-American
Trigger Warnings:Ableism
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