Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of George, is back
with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social
justice issues.
Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister,
Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. The
world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently
from Emma, just as it will treat them both differently from their Black
cousins.A big fantasy reader, Jilly makes a connection online with
another fantasy fan, Derek, who is a Deaf, Black ASL user. She goes to
Derek for help with Emma but doesn't always know the best way or time to
ask for it.As she and Derek meet in person, have some really fun
conversations, and become friends, Jilly makes some mistakes . . . but
comes to understand that it's up to her, not Derek to figure out how to
do better next time -- especially when she wants to be there for Derek
the most.Within a world where kids like Derek and Emma aren't assured
the same freedom or safety as kids like Jilly, Jilly is starting to
learn all the things she doesn't know--and by doing that, she's also
working to discover how to support her family and her friends.With You
Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!, award-winning author Alex Gino uses
their trademark humor, heart, and humanity to show readers how being
open to difference can make you a better person, and how being open to
change can make you change in the best possible ways.
