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"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked...
6) El Deafo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"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...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. This is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem - a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
12) I am deaf
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Lana is 10 years old and she is deaf. In this story she tells what it's like to be deaf, describing some of the things she uses to help her learn at school and communicate with her teachers and friends"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Indiana cousins volume 3
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An accident leaves Jolene Yoder deaf and rebuilding her life as a teacher to deaf children in her hometown. Ella Miller, Jolene's cousin, worries Jolene will have her heart broken by Jake Beechy, but Jake has his heart set on someone else. What will it take to make these young people find love?
18) Song for a whale
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Iris is about to go on a grand road trip to make sure the loneliest whale in the ocean is finally heard. From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be. When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak...
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Maya has reservations about transferring to a hearing school after studying in a school for the deaf for years, but grows closer to Beau Watson, the student body president, who starts learning sign language to communicate with her.
20) A touch of Grace
Author
Series
Daughters of Blessing volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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