You're Welcome, Universe
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You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, packed with interior graffiti.Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!
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.
Told with wit and grit by debut author Whitney Gardner, who also provides gorgeous interior illustrations of Julia's graffiti tags, You're Welcome, Universe introduces audiences to a one-of-a-kind protagonist who is unabashedly herself no matter what life throws in her way.
" A spectacular debut...a moving, beautifully written contemporary novel full of quirky art and complicated friendships...this book is a gift to be thankful for."-BookRiot
You're Welcome, Universe is written by Whitney Gardner. At college, she experimented with LARPing and played her ukulele in an episode of Portlandia. She also danced the rumba with Bill Nye in a New York swing dance club. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Roger, and their really stylish pug, Gouda. Heywhitney.com and @heywhitney on Twitter are where you can find her.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399551444 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399551441 |
| Title | You're Welcome, Universe |
| Author | Whitney Gardner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2018-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Schneider Family Book Award 2018 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |