You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner - Books and Reading

You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner - Books and Reading for Young Adult/Teen Fiction readers. "A GRITTY STORY ABOUT A ONE-OF-A- KIND PROTAGONIST." -Bustle.com When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across a wall at the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural in an attempt to protect her friend's reputation But then Julia's (supposed) friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her moms send her to a "mainstream" school, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student Julia's only outlet is her art. She paints anywhere she can. 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. Caught in a graffiti war, Julia must risk arrest to go toe to toe with her rival or face losing the only piece of her identity that still makes sense. "'One of my favorite reads this year. Pick this one up if you loved Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda or Andrew Smith's Winger." -PasteMagazine.com

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