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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
My daughter has unilateral hearing loss (deaf in one ear) and growing up she used an FM system in the classroom, as described in this book with the teacher having a microphone and my daughter hearing everything she said. My daughter, too, never felt like she was part of the hearing world but not quite part of the deaf community. She had a hard time in middle school feeling different from her peers, and as odd man out in the family. I read a statistic when she was 4 years old that 80% of kids with hearing loss donât graduate high school. Add to this a dyslexia diagnosis at 12. After all the therapies we could find to help, my daughter learned to speak, read, and advocate for herself and graduated with high honors and a college scholarship. I just found out about this book and man would she have loved it and related to it in middle school!! She knew no one else with her struggles and would really have benefitted from this book back then. Even as a now 24 yr old, my daughter can benefit from this book. This is why itâs a 5-star read. Representation matters!
I loved reading about Cece’s life. The most interesting part to me was seeing how people treated her. I’ve known people like all of Cece’s friends, so even though our lives were different, I could identify with her. Also, I understood why she felt the way she did when people started signing with her or yelling at her. I would have hated it if someone did something similar to me! I felt like I learned a lot from it, too.
The one thing that bothered me -- Why didn’t any of the teachers think to remove the microphone when they were complaining about work or going to the bathroom? That’s just something I would have been paranoid about had I been the teacher. Cece’s teachers, however, just seemed to forget the microphone was even there. Crazy!
The one thing that bothered me -- Why didn’t any of the teachers think to remove the microphone when they were complaining about work or going to the bathroom? That’s just something I would have been paranoid about had I been the teacher. Cece’s teachers, however, just seemed to forget the microphone was even there. Crazy!
This was a thoughtful and fun graphic novel. Definitely middle grade - I was not the target audience - but would be great for a late elementary school reader.
This was a really great graphic novel. I loved it and would highly recommend it!
Different perspective on being deaf. Good read, especially after True Biz.
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
This is a fantastic graphic memoir for kids. While Cece's character gives voice to the unique challenges for the deaf community, hearing readers will find her struggles relatable as well. This memoir brings honesty and humor to Cece's struggles in her childhood.
Cece struggles to find a good friend who will like her for who she is and listen to hear when she talks. At the same time, Cece is learning to stand up for herself and what she wants so that a friend can listen to her. There are plenty of great discussion points in the story about what makes a good friend and how to stick up for yourself.
Parents should know there is some bathroom humor because Cece's teacher leaves the classroom because she doesn't take off the mic that attaches to Cece's Phonic Ear. Cece also has a childhood crush on a boy in her class - most kids in my online book club found this fun or "gross."
Cece struggles to find a good friend who will like her for who she is and listen to hear when she talks. At the same time, Cece is learning to stand up for herself and what she wants so that a friend can listen to her. There are plenty of great discussion points in the story about what makes a good friend and how to stick up for yourself.
Parents should know there is some bathroom humor because Cece's teacher leaves the classroom because she doesn't take off the mic that attaches to Cece's Phonic Ear. Cece also has a childhood crush on a boy in her class - most kids in my online book club found this fun or "gross."
What a surprisingly great book! A really sweet story about going through grade school and being different. Also a good book for early readers. I think they would really identify with main characters desire to find friends and some times settling for friends that are just the best ones you can find at the time.
I REALLY loved this book. It tackles some of the feelings around the word “special” and how people often mistreat those different from them thinking they are doing the right thing. It was interesting to see all of the various ways people reacted to Cece and what she was most comfortable with. This would be a great book to have in a 3-6 grade classroom.