Strong Deaf
10 best books like Strong Deaf (Lynn E. McElfresh): My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer, The Deaf Musicians, Pastworld, Whisper, What Can(t) Wait, Love, Amalia, Nobody's Perfect, Of Sound Mind, Flying to the Light, Homesick
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
| Author | Jennifer Gennari |
| ISBN | 0547577397 |
Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thing—she’s great at making pies—and she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security and their business. Even when faced...
Poor Lee! He used to be a jazzman who could make the piano go yimbatimba- TANG—zang-zang. But now he's lost his hearing, and the bandleader had to let him go. So Lee goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language. There, he meets Max, who used to play the sax. Riding the subway to class, they start signing...
| Author | Ian Beck |
| ISBN | 1599900408 |
Pastworld is the greatest theme park ever devised. It's London - the real London - transformed into a living, breathing recreation of the Victorian era.
To Eve, a lifelong resident of Pastworld, horse-drawn carriages and gas lamps are modern technology. Eve doesn't even know she's living...
| Author | Chrissie Keighery |
| ISBN | 1921759321 |
I'm always trying to figure out what's really going on. Always having to fill in the gaps, but never getting all the details. It's like trying to do a jigsaw when I don't even know what the picture is, and I'm missing one of the vital middle pieces.
How do you know if your friends are talking about...
| Author | Ashley Hope Pérez |
| ISBN | 0761361553 |
Marissa has smarts and plenty of promise, but she's marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college. When her home life becomes unbearable, Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere--and suddenly neither...
| Author | Alma Flor Ada |
| ISBN | 1442424028 |
A young girl’s discovery of her cultural heritage helps her lovingly cope with loss in this tender tale from acclaimed authors Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel Zubizarreta.
Amalia’s best friend Martha is moving away, and Amalia is feeling sad and angry. And yet, even when life seems unfair, the...
| Author | Marlee Matlin |
| ISBN | 1416949763 |
Megan has spent forever planning her positively purple birthday sleepover. She's even made glittery purple invitations for every girl in her class. Then a new girl, Alexis Powell, joins their class. Alexis seems perfect: She's smart, pretty, and rules the soccer games on the playground. But no matter...
| Author | Jean Ferris |
| ISBN | 0374455848 |
A poignant novel partially set in a world of silence
High school senior Theo is fluent in two languages: spoken English and sign. His parents and brother, Jeremy, are deaf, but Theo can hear, which has over the years cast him in the role of interpreter for his family. Unfortunately, it's not a...
Seventeen year old Michael Anderson and his deaf kid brother, Danny, find themselves in mortal danger after their parents are kidnapped. Michael discovers Danny has a special gift—he knows what happens after a person dies—and now others want to know too. The brothers must outwit and outrun Samuel...
| Author | Kate Klise |
| ISBN | 1250008425 |
Benny's parents are splitting up. His mom leaves home after a fight about a mysterious splinter that is rumored to be part of an important relic. Benny's dad has always liked clutter, but now, he begins hoarding everything from pizza boxes to old motorcycle parts.
As his house grows more cluttered...
| Author | Ann Clare LeZotte |
| ISBN | 0547046847 |
To see this review and to learn more about T4 please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com
T4 by Ann Claremont Lezotte is a book about Hitler's Tiergartenstrasse 4 or better known as T4, a Nazi program that ordered the death of all disabled and mentally ill people.
The story follows a...
| Author | Jackie Morse Kessler |
Contrary to popular belief, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren’t just harbingers of doom—they actually keep life in balance. But what happens when their leader and creator, Death, becomes suicidal?
Before the first living thing drew its first gasping breath, he was there. He has...
| Author | Janice Harrell |
| ISBN | 0590476920 |
This is a difficult Y/A book to find now. My memories as a teenager when I walked in Waldenbooks (the great fondness of their amazing buy 1 get 1 free sales, which is no longer around sadly) while browsing in the Young Adult section. This book piqued my interest from the cover and it was the sort of genre I was...
| Author | April Henry |
| ISBN | 0399246452 |
When Ellie's parents are busted for possession of marijuana, the FBI gives her a choice: infiltrate the Mother Earth Defenders (MED), a radical environmental group, or her parents will go to jail. At first Ellie is more than willing to entrap the MEDics, but the more time she spends undercover, particularly...
| Author | Derrick Coleman |
| ISBN | 1476796580 |
The first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL (and win a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks!) relates his inspirational story of hard work and determination in his own words. Great for readers of all ages.
The inspirational memoir from the popular current Seattle Seahawks running back...
As Fast as Words Could Fly
| Author | Pamela M. Tuck |
| ISBN | 1600603483 |
Books like this are essential to help children get a better picture of what struggles African American's went through during the 1950-60's in their fight to end segregation. This book does just that; a must have for every school library and classroom. Teachers and parents should share this book with...
| Author | Ginny Rorby |
| ISBN | 0765314428 |
Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her, but often fails.
Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles...
The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community
| Author | Harlan Lane |
| ISBN | 1581210094 |
A look at the gulf that separates the deaf minority from the hearing world, this book sheds light on the mistreatment of the deaf community by a hearing establishment that resists understanding and awareness. Critically acclaimed as a breakthrough when it was first published in 1992, this new edition...
| Author | Kathrin Schrocke |
| ISBN | 1623240050 |
Mika's heart is broken, until he sees Leah. A smart, beautiful, and brave girl, Leah has been deaf since birth. When Mika meets her for the first time, he feels something electric. They cannot communicate much, so Mika decides to take a sign language course. His family and friends are skeptical, and Mika...
For Hearing People Only: Answers to the Most Commonly Asked Questions About the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the "Deaf Reality"
| Author | Matthew S. Moore |
| ISBN | 0963401610 |
Have you ever asked these questions? "Don't all Deaf people read lips?" "Is it OK to say 'deaf-mute' and 'deaf-and-dumb'?" "Do all deaf people benefit from hearing aids?" "What bothers a deaf person most about hearing people?" Here, in a handy question-and-answer format, are answers to some of the...
| Author | Rose Kent |
| ISBN | 0375863443 |
Ice cream warms the heart, no matter what the weather.
That's the Dobson family motto. Whenever things get tough, they break out the special heart-shaped bowls and make sundaes. The road has been especially rocky lately for Tess and her deaf little brother, Jordan. Their plucky Texan mother talks...
A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America
| Author | John Vickrey Van Cleve |
| ISBN | 0930323491 |
Well... OK so the book started off on kind of odd/low note with the authors berating the Christian Greek Scriptures for belittling the deaf. The biggest problem the authors had was with Romans 10:17 where Paul is discussing how people will put faith in the Good News with out having "heard" it. They are...
What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness
Henry Kisor, a veteran journalist, twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, lost his hearing at age three. He recounts the story of his life as a deaf person in a hearing culture in this engaging memoir, which offers a fascinating perspective on both worlds. "A first-rate memoir, notable for its candor,...
Over ten days in 1943 Berlin, six teenagers witness and try to escape the Nazi round-ups of Jews and Roma. Giving voice to the unheard victims of Nazism — the Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, intermarried Jews, and political enemies of the Nazi regime — this historical thriller will change how we...
