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Deaf History Month Reads

Explore books that celebrate the achievements, experiences and history of the Deaf community. Browse our list of titles for all ages.

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  • Deaf dancer Cesaria is performing at Carnival with her dance troupe, but her dance teacher wants her to wear shoes. Can Cesaria feel the music without her barefoot connection to the world around her? She asserts herself for a triumphant…
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024. — E ADUSEI
  • DeafBlind poet and teacher Clark recounts episodes from his own life and advocates against sighted norms and values in order to give DeafBlind people more autonomy.
    BookNew York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2023] — 362.41 CLA
  • Mara is worried about what the students at her new school will think about her hearing aids, but as she explains about lip reading and sign language she makes two new friends.
    BookMinneapolis : Beaming Books, 2024. — E CLEMMONS
  • Deaf Utopia

    a Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

    DiMarco, Nyle, 1989-
    Born to a multigenerational Deaf family, DiMarco shows how his experiences with and immersion in Deaf culture created the proud Deaf man he is today. This joyful memoir is sure to inspire and engage.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 362.42092 DIM
  • In 1939, at age six, Henry is declared "unteachable" because he is deaf and sent to live in an institution. When Victor arrives as an attendant, he connects with Henry and things begin to change for the better.
    BookNew York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020. — J FROST
  • The Boys of Riverside

    a Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory

    Fuller, Thomas (Journalist),
    The author engagingly covers the stories of a high school football team made up entirely of Deaf athletes. During some extraordinary seasons, Fuller examines the player's lives and comments on the history and current treatment of the deaf…
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2024] — 796.332097 FUL
  • Maya is deaf and proud. When she moves to a hearing high school, Maya experiences prejudice. She's pushed to stand up for herself and the deaf community.
    BookGrand Rapids, Michigan : Blink, [2019] — Y GERVAIS
  • Deaf teen Jackson is not interested in romance. He prefers being backstage and helping with school theater productions. But when the swim captain becomes the lead in the school play, Jackson realizes he may be a romantic after all.
    BookNew York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — Y KHORRAM
  • Mary Lambert is part of the large deaf community on Martha's Vineyard. A scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. Mary finds herself a "specimen" in a cruel experiment and must find a way to…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2020. — J LEZOTTE
  • This beautiful novel in verse tells the story of Effie, a deaf young girl whose family isolates her by refusing to learn sign language. When Effie's home situation worsens, her interpreter is the only one who fights for Effie's safety.
    BookNew York : Scholastic, Inc., 2024. — J LEZOTTE
  • A deaf young man moves from a small town to New York City in search of community and family. Taking place from 1978 to 2003, readers watch as time and major events pass.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Handtype Press, [2023] — FIC LUCZAK
  • Activist and fine artist Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender person of color to talk about his journey to self-acceptance.
    BookNew York : Penguin Workshop, [2021] — Y306.768092 MAN
  • After losing her hearing to scarlet fever, Ellen Lark becomes one of Alexander Graham Bell's students. When Bell asks for Ellen's support years later, she must decide whether to support him or finally voice her discontent.
    BookToronto : Park Row Books, [2024] — FIC MARSH
  • At the River Valley School for the Deaf, new transfer Charlie struggles to adjust, popular Austin faces the birth of a hearing sister, and the students generally just want adults to stop telling them how to live their lives.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2022] — FIC NOVIC
  • Nervous for her talent show performance, Aurora spots a butterfly and is inspired to conjure a magical butterfly with her hands which sets off a chain reaction of support and empowerment among the global Deaf community.
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024. — E POTTLE
  • Jacki's mama has a rare condition. She is slowly losing her hearing. Together, they are learning Sign Language so that they'll always be able to tell each other everything.
    BookNewbury, UK : Lantana Publishing Ltd., 2023. — E SILVA
  • Being Seen

    One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

    Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985-
    Both a biography and call to action from a member of the Deafblind community. Events and snippets from Sjunneson’s own life enable readers to check their biases and recognize the relentless, systemic misrepresentation of people with…
    BookNew York, NY : Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021. — 362.41092 SJU
  • Lilah feels disconnected from her Deaf community. She decides to go away to a summer camp for blind and deaf teens. While there, she navigates a new romance and complicated feelings around her identity.
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — Y SORTINO
  • Thea's family lives an isolated life away from their neighbors. Her parents refuse to learn American Sign Language even though she is hard of hearing. When Thea meets another deaf teen at her job, it exposes her to a whole community she…
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2024. — Y STINE
  • Listen

    How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

    Stocker, Shannon,
    A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world.
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022. — EB GLENNIE