Five Flavors of Dumb

By Antony John
(Dial, Hardcover, 9780803734333, 352pp.)

Publication Date: November 11, 2010

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback

Categories: Family - General, Social Issues - Friendship, Performing Arts - Music

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2011 Kids' Next List

“Is it possible for a functionally deaf girl to successfully manage a band whose music she can't hear? Piper has lived in the background most of her life until an unexpected moment of cockiness leads her to offer to get Dumb -- a mediocre high school band -- a paying job within one month. This turns her world upside down, threatening -- and promising -- to change everything. It is impossible not to root for both Piper and Dumb in this absolutely wonderful novel!”

-- Melissa Posten, Pudd'nhead Books, Webster Groves, MO

Description

Winner of the 2011 Schneider Family Teen Book Award!

The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig.

The Deal: If she does it, Piper will become the band's manager and get her share of the profits.

The Catch: How can Piper possibly manage one egomaniacal pretty boy, one talentless piece of eye candy, one crush, one silent rocker, and one angry girl? And how can she do it when she's deaf?

Piper can't hear Dumb's music, but with growing self-confidence, 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.

About the Author

Antony John is a stay-at-home dad who writes by night-the only job that allows him to wear his favorite pair of sweatpants all the time. He lives with his family in St. Louis, Missouri.

Praise For Five Flavors of Dumb…

"I loved it and laughed out loud. Hilarious and so smart. Dumb proves that everyone, no matter what, deserves to be heard." -Catherine Gilbert Murdoch, author of Dairy Queen

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