The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here, she’s different. She’s sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also … teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.
Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school–in the hallway . . . in the teacher’s lounge . . . in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different . . . and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
Also Available: El Deafo: Superpowered Edition! Get a special hardcover collector’s edition of Cece Bell’s beloved graphic novel with 40 bonus pages of childhood photographs, early sketches, notes from Cece, and much more!
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Way to good I love this book it is my favorite book in the world
This book is very different, I like it because it can be read by all ages! I also like it because the main character is very relatable.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes a bit of everything.
i love this book it’s for all ages and even my 4 year old son can read it
best book ever! it shows you different struggles that you may not see in everyday life but are definitely realistic! you really see the main character grow and find herself! i recommend this book for people of all ages!
Very sad and inspirational
this is my favorite book!
Definitely a must-read. As the parent of a child who wears hearing aids, this book is a God-send. A sweet and relatable story that helped my son realize that he too is a superhero.
It is awesome.
this book is good I keep reding it.
It has a great description on how the life of cece bell is, it also puts you in her shoes and it describe’s how the character feels throughout the story and times she is being ashamed for being deaf and when she falls in love
I meant to pace myself, but my heart refused to allow me to put this one down.
Age so ago, my son told me to read it “because everyone should” in such a matter-of-fact way, I should have listened back then. He was right.
It’s about feeling different, friendships, speaking up for yourself, first crushes, and family. Original, funny, heart-grabbing, and lovely. Add this one to your middle grade reader’s shelf immediately.
This is a graphic novel and story of a girl who is Deaf. She got meningitis at age 4, and lost her hearing. She has to wear large hearing aids and she doesn’t want to go to school fearing that this will attract a lot of attention. It covers her feeling left out because she still cannot hear well even with the hearing aids, and how hard it is for her to make friends when she is wearing a large hearing device on her chest (this book takes place in the 70s). She pretends she is a super hero – El Deafo to help deal with being different.
This was a cute book. I read it in about an hour. My eldest daughter read it and enjoyed it as well. She was very interested in the hearing device that was common in the 70s, since hearing aides these days are much more powerful and discreet. They story did explain a lot about how she heard, and that talking louder and slower didn’t actually help her understand better. I think it is a great book for kids to understand (at least in the 70s) what it was like to be deaf.
There were a few characters that smoked….which is kind of unheard of in books for kids these days. (at least in graphic novels for 2nd graders). So teachers and parents may want to read this themselves before they share with younger ones.
This is a great book for all people who love funny books.
I loved all the decryption in the book.in fact it’s my favorite book,and plz don’t mined my bad grammar and punctuation.