Antony John
Hardcover | Pages: 338 pages Rating: 3.87 | 9710 Users | 1099 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0803734336 (ISBN13: 9780803734333) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.antonyjohn.net/books/dumb.php |
| Setting: | Seattle, Washington(United States) Washington (state)(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Schneider Family Book Award for Teen Book (2011), Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2013) |
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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.List Epithetical Books Five Flavors of Dumb
| Title | : | Five Flavors of Dumb |
| Author | : | Antony John |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 338 pages |
| Published | : | November 11th 2010 by Dial Books |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Music. Realistic Fiction. Romance. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 9710 Users | 1099 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books Five Flavors of Dumb
Rating: 4.5 starsFavourite Quote: "Music. It's not about those things. It's about a feeling. It's about expressing yourself. It's about letting go."I have being trying to write this review for days and I am having a hard time trying to sum up what makes Five Flavors of Dumb so special from most other coming of age stories. It could be Piper's believable and heart felt voice or the loveable bunch of supporting characters or the constantly entertaining plot or the wonderful writing. But whatever3 1/2 starsI dont often read or enjoy feel-good books and thats most certainly what this is, although; I will grant that it does take a while to find its way into corn-country. However, sometimes I do get bogged down by all the darkness and depression. Sometimes I just need a little refresher. Luckily for me, there are a few things that can help circumvent my corn-free policy. A few of these things are:Nerdery/Geekery in all its formsOff-beat humorA unique voiceSoft rock anthemsShenanigans90s
True rating; 3.5Being the manager of an oddball band called Dumb isn't easy. Especially when you're deaf. Already struggling at home Piper Vaughn is doing just that.Let's be honest; Piper's life kind of sucks. Her parents ignore her because of new baby Grace, particularly her father who doesn't know how to sign and fails to communicate even just by talking. It turns out her parents took money out of her college fund to buy hearing implants to Grace, so now she and her family are broke. When Dumb
Piper has one month to get her high school band, Dumb, a paying gig and if she succeeds she gets to become the band's much needed manger. The only problem is, how do you manage a crumbling band into rising stardom when you don't even know if they're any good? See...Piper's deaf.Going into this book, I had zero expectations and pretty much thought it was just another fluffy piece about high school, music and teenage angsts. Yeah..how wrong was I?Five Flavors of Dumb is an inspiring and humorous
You know how people say that something is made of awesome? Well this book is really made of awesome. The concept is golden. A girl who is deaf managing a band? Does that even work? Oh yes it can.Piper Vaughan is eighteen, a good student that gets stellar grades, president of the chess club, and deaf. Oddly enough she gets recruited to be the manager of the local high school band Dumb. She has her reservations at first of course, but the recent emptying of her college fund drives her to try this
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. 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. Well, it would be an understatement to say I was pleasantly surprised because more than anything, I was simply astounded by the depth of this tale. Five Flavors of Dumb is more than just another music
I sort of rode into my teenage musical awakening on my older siblings grunge/post-grunge coat tails. Well, since coats arent very grunge, maybe the tails of their oversized flannel shirts. Which means that as my social circle nudged the periphery of theirs, it was Nirvana and Pearl Jam playing in darkened living rooms, The Stone Temple Pilots and Silverchairs Frogstomp in the car CD player etc etcNow that Im older, and I find myself getting a bit crotchety when I see a kid in those of those
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