Family
Someone who can hear but always makes Iris feel better.
Who is Tristan, her brother?
The interpreter who speaks for Iris.
Who is Mr. Charles?
The school where Iris is currently.
What is Timber Oaks?
How does Iris get her name?
Grandma asks her mother to name her after the beached whale who died the same day she was born.
How much does Iris pay Mr. Gunnar for the Admiral set?
What is $20?
A family member who hasn't quite grasped sign language.
Who is her dad?
The lady who attempted to tag Blue 55.
Who is Andi Rivera?
The school where Iris WANTS to go to school.
What is Bridgewood?
What is wrong with Iris's poem she gets a bad grade on?
Mrs. Conn says it that it doesn't rhyme.
Explain why Dad doesn't communicate well with Iris.
He never took the time to learn ASL. He said he was a numbers person and words were hard to learn.
Iris's friend who is also deaf.
Who is Wendall?
The girl who thinks she knows sign language.
Who is Nina?
The place Grandma lives now without Grandpa.
What is Oak Manor?
What is Iris's reaction when she watches the Blue 55 video?
She cries.
Explain the quote, "Sometimes she had too much of a drizzly November in her soul and she had to get to the sea."
Grandma disappeared for a little while once when her family when to visit her at home. She went to the sea because she missed Grandpa and needed some fresh air.
The deaf person she misses the most.
Who is her Granddad?
The teacher of the class Iris loves the most.
Who is Mrs. Alamilla?
The city where Iris lives now.
What is Houston?
Why does Iris shove Nina in the lunchroom?
Nina thinks she knows sign language and gets in Iris's face when trying to say things that don't make sense.
What is one memory Grandma has of her college years with Grandpa?
She remembers performing in a theater group. They would interpret the story and the "sign language impaired" enjoyed figuring out what it was about.
Other than Wendall, the only deaf person Iris can talk to.
Who is Grandma?
The principal who understands Iris, but still has to give her consequences.
Who is Mrs. Shelton?
The location where Iris was born.
What is the Gulf Coast?
What are the TWO consequences Iris gets for shoving Nina in the lunchroom?
She gets suspended from school and has to apologize to Nina. Her mom and dad also take away her radios.
Without trackers, what is one-way scientists can follow whales like Blue 55?
The scientists can listen to their songs with hydrophones and follow their migration patterns.