As far as Maya is concerned, only one thing is worse than moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before the start of her senior year in high school: leaving behind Pratt School for the Deaf, where she's been a student for years, to attend Engelmann, a hearing school. And then there's Beau Watson, Engelmann's student body president and overachiever. Maya suspects Beau has a hidden agenda when he starts learning sign language to converse with her, but she also can't deny it's nice to sign again with someone in a school otherwise filled with hearing teachers and classmates. Maya keeps telling herself Deaf and hearing relationships never work, yet she can't help but be drawn to Beau. But when Maya says she doesn't want to receive a cochlear implant and Beau doesn't understand why she wouldn't want to hear again, Maya wonders if Beau wants her to be someone she isn't. With her mind in the world of the Deaf but her heart in the world of the hearing, Maya has to figure out whether bridging that gap is worth it or if staying true to herself matters more.
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