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Gr 4–7—Jubilee lives on an island with her aunt Cora. Jubilee hasn't spoken a word to any person since her mother dropped her off to live there when she was little. Instead, she communicates with gestures, taps, and drawings. A school psychologist diagnosed the girl with selective mutism. Jubilee has just started fifth grade when she meets Mason, a "sloppy kid who talks too much." They are paired together for a class project, and Mason does not mind that she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Judith, called Jubilee by her adoptive mother, Aunt Cora, might not speak aloud to anyone but herself in the mirror, but she certainly has a lot on her mind. She's been raised since toddlerhood on an island off the Maine coast, having been abandoned by her young biological mother. The first chapter is short and action-filled, culminating in a dog being tossed overboard by a stranger and Jubilee rescuing him with the efficiency of a girl who knows her way around the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jubilee lives with her aunt Cora on an island off the Maine coast, having been abandoned by her mother. For the first time, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More