Five Flavors of Dumb is the cream of YA genre. I loved this book to pieces! Educational, inspiring and just plain fun! 
 It is a story about 18-years-old deaf girl who became school rock band manager. Quit simple plot, isn't it? 
 At first I was a little bit concern about male author writing from female POV. But Antony John did a wonderful job. If I didn't knew I would never guess it was written by a man. 
 Piper became one of my favorite characters! Not even once was she annoying or unreasonable in any way. She was smart, fun, and resourceful and as one of her teacher said "calculating, conniving, and generally vicious". I liked that despite her deafness she doesn't count herself as disabled. And she finds it strange and a little bit offensive when other people do. 
 I loved the Vaughan family dynamics. With out-of-job father, long-hours-working mother, fully-hearing brother and deaf little sister there are a lot of problems in their household. It was nice to read about them overcoming these problems and support each other like real family should do. 
 I love music. Any kind of it, in any form. But I am especially fond of rock. And this book spoke so passionately about it that you couldn't help to be inspired. There were moments when I would stop reading in the middle of a story and just go listen to Nirvana songs. 
 Dumb was one hell of a rock band. All the members were writing masterpieces. Fame-seeking Josh, indifferent to all except his guitar playing Will, hard and always angry Tash, music loving beautiful Kallie and finally geeky gentlemanlike drummer Ed. All so unique, with their own unforgettable flavors. One of the best secondary character cast I've ever read. I would like to meet and be friends with them. 
 This book had no mean girls, no pages upon pages describing some guy hotness, not even a hint on any love triangle. The romance in it is delicate and sweet like little sprinkles on big chocolate cake with thick lair of frosting (the cake will still be delicious without it, but sprinkles make it even better). 
 You often expect the book portraying disable characters to be dark and angry and heavy. But Five Flavors of Dumb was anything but. It was very light, fun, spirit lifting book that warms you. 
 I think you all should read this book. It will make a great pastime!