El deafo / Cece Bell ; color by David Lasky.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2014Description: 233 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1419710206
- 1419712179 (pbk.)
- 9781419710209
- 9781419712173 (pbk.)
- Bell, Cece -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Bell, Cece -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Authors, American -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Cartoonists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
- Deaf children -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Deaf -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Hearing aids for children -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Graphic Novel | Bell, C. B433 | Available | 2015 Newbery Honor Book | 33111007610500 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
El Deafo is a funny, deeply honest graphic novel memoir for middle graders. It chronicles the author's hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with a powerful and very awkward hearing aid called the Phonic Ear. It gives her 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, Phonic Ear and all. Finally, she is 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.
Chiefly illustrations.
"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"-- from publisher's web site.
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."