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Item Nr: B 119250 Title: El Deafo
Grade Lvl: PIJ Author: Bell, Cece
Length: 233 Prod/Pub: Amulet Books
Copyright: 2014 Series:
Book Type: GN Biographee: Bell, Cece
Copies: 4 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired. At age four Bell contracted meningitis, leaving her deaf. She tells readers about the friends and family who help her adjust, the frustration she feels when learning to communicate, and the devices she uses to assist her hearing. Her human characters are anthropomorphized bunnies. Cartoonists. Cartoons and comics. Charlotte Huck Honor Book 2015. Newbery Medal - Honors 2015. AR 2.7 RC 3.4 Lexile 420 IL 3-7.

  Subjects:
  1372 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  1180 - BIOGRAPHY--WOMEN
  382 - DEAF/HEARING IMPAIRED
  579 - DISABILITIES
  858 - DISABILITIES--PHYSICAL/PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
  1433 - DIVERSITY
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  515 - GRAPHIC NOVELS/GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT
  1298 - HIGH INTEREST/LOW VOCABULARY
  1674 - LEXILE 400-499