Bell, C.,
& Lasky, D. (2014). El Deafo. Retrieved May 12, 2016, from https://southtexas.libraryreserve.com.
Summary: Cece is a rabbit who was born perfectly normal and at the age of
three gets bacterial meningitis which leaves her deaf. Her family finally
figures out that Cece cannot hear and get her to a doctor where she has to wear
hearing aids. The hearing aids have
cords that attach to her ears to a box which helps her hear. Her first year of school she attends a school
that has other deaf students and learns to lip read, but then her family moves
and she gets the Phonic Ear for her next school year. The Phonic Ear has a
microphone that the teacher uses to help Cece hear her better than the just the
hearing aids. Through the Phonic Ear
Cece learns that she has her own “super power” at school. This “super power” becomes really cool in
fifth grade when it helps her become El Deafo, one of the coolest kids at
school. The book is semi-autobiographical so it only makes sense that the
narrator is the main character. Since the book is written from the perspective
of the main character the reader is allowed into Cece’s inner most thoughts and
feelings.
Video Cece Bell discussing El Deafo:
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