El Deafo

El Deafo

By Cece Bell

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A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkward—hearing aid.
The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear—sometimes things she shouldn’t—but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become “El Deafo, Listener for All.” And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she’s longed for.

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 9781419710209
ISBN-10: 1419710206
Published on 9/2/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248

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El Deafo is a wonderfully written and illustrated story that demonstrates what life used to be like if you were hard of hearing….Cece Bell tells the hardships of having to wear a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest through a superhero she calls El Deafo. El Deafo wears a red flowing cape and shows off the hearing aid proudly. Cece on the other hand hides the hearing aid, hoping no one will notice that she is deaf. Cece struggles to make friends in school because she is deaf, and she moves away from her close friends in the neighborhood. Cece goes through several friends, trying to find one not too bossy, snobby, or annoying. Cece Bell portrays her characters as little bunny like creatures, perhaps because she says her favorite stuffed animal is a bunny named Miss Bunn. Find out her troubles, her worries, and her accomplishments in this graphic novel about growing up deaf!
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never read it, but looks good