A review by christiana
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino

4.0

Loved the representation in this one and loved Alex Gino being up front in the author's note about which of these communities mentioned in this book they are a part of and which ones they are not (and what they did to make sure those characters were done right on the page). Gino names that they are bringing yet another story that centers a white hearing main character and specifically says they appreciate Readers of Color and Deaf readers being patient as Gino brings a story aimed at white folks into the world.

Gino wrote this book consciously for white readers to learn about their privilege and how to support marginalized people in their lives and for that, I'm so glad this book is in the world. Ready to share this one widely! It has lots of good food for thought and I think it'd made a great discussion/book club book for kids.

Spoiler

I do need to know if Derek and Jilly become more than friends one day even though her crush on him kind of ends because I ship it so much but I understand that is a personal problem and not the problem of the book or the author