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Once upon a time, there was a woman who worked here at the library. She had a severe hearing impairment. She used to come back to my desk to ask me questions about library items. One day, I was busy with something so she took her question to my co-worker who was awfully rude to her. After I was finished with what I was doing, I asked the co-worker if he'd been able to help our fellow colleague and he sniped a bit, finishing his rant with, "It's like she doesn't even listen."
I went over to my desk, grabbed my scissors, and returned to him intent on stabbing his entire face off.
(in my mind)
I wish this book would have been available back then because I would have pointedly left it on his desk with a note explaining that perhaps he could learn some compassion for others through reading. Or I would have beaten him about the head and shoulders with the hardcover version. Whatever.
This is a great story, written in a way that makes Cece's journey easy to comprehend and, as a librarian, I appreciate that but it's not what spoke to me as a reader.
Cece is just a little older than I am and I recognized her environment immediately. I had that undershirt with the rosette. I remember seeing teachers wearing the hanging speaker at class assemblies in elementary school. This story threw me back into my own childhood and, somehow, that made the entire story so relatable. That probably won't happen to kids who read this now. They'll find other ways to relate. For me, though, being back in 70's suburban childhood...that was something else.
I went over to my desk, grabbed my scissors, and returned to him intent on stabbing his entire face off.
(in my mind)
I wish this book would have been available back then because I would have pointedly left it on his desk with a note explaining that perhaps he could learn some compassion for others through reading. Or I would have beaten him about the head and shoulders with the hardcover version. Whatever.
This is a great story, written in a way that makes Cece's journey easy to comprehend and, as a librarian, I appreciate that but it's not what spoke to me as a reader.
Cece is just a little older than I am and I recognized her environment immediately. I had that undershirt with the rosette. I remember seeing teachers wearing the hanging speaker at class assemblies in elementary school. This story threw me back into my own childhood and, somehow, that made the entire story so relatable. That probably won't happen to kids who read this now. They'll find other ways to relate. For me, though, being back in 70's suburban childhood...that was something else.