El Deafo
by Cece Bell
by Cece Bell
Format: Hardback
Price: Free - checked out from the school library
Price: Free - checked out from the school library
How I heard about it: it's a William Allen White Award book (I'm taking a break from my list and reading some of the William Allen White Award nominees for Battle of the Books at school)
Basic Premise: Cece isn't like the other kids...she's a superhero! She may look funny with her hearing aids and phonic ear, but these tools enable her to hear things the other kids at school only wish they could hear. It's her superpower!
My Take: 8 out of 10 (scale here)
This book was so cute. It's a graphic novel (bleh), but I actually enjoyed it. I have almost no experience with interacting with deaf children (or people, for that matter), so it was incredibly enlightening to read about a girl whose hearing was lost due to illness when she was 4. It was also the sort of book that really promotes empathy and understanding among students. One of my boys read it and he said it was actually really good, despite his expectations, for that reason. It's definitely a book I will read with Brother!
This book was so cute. It's a graphic novel (bleh), but I actually enjoyed it. I have almost no experience with interacting with deaf children (or people, for that matter), so it was incredibly enlightening to read about a girl whose hearing was lost due to illness when she was 4. It was also the sort of book that really promotes empathy and understanding among students. One of my boys read it and he said it was actually really good, despite his expectations, for that reason. It's definitely a book I will read with Brother!
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