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• Cesaria Feels the Beat

  Adusei, Denise R.,

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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 grand finale.

• Touch the Future

  a Manifesto in Essays

  Clark, John Lee, 1978-

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  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.

• Mara Hears in Style

  Clemmons, Terri,

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  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.

• Deaf Utopia

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

  DiMarco, Nyle, 1989-

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  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.

• All He Knew

  Frost, Helen, 1949-

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  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.

• The Boys of Riverside

  a Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory

  Fuller, Thomas (Journalist),

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  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 community.

• The Silence Between Us

  Gervais, Alison,

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  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.

• The Breakup Lists

  Khorram, Adib,

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  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.

• Show Me a Sign

  LeZotte, Ann Clare,

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  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 escape.

• Deer Run Home

  a Novel in Verse

  LeZotte, Ann Clare,

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  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.

• Men With Their Hands

  a Deaf Gay Novel

  Luczak, Raymond, 1965-

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  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.

• Continuum

  Man, Chella, 1998-

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  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.

• A Sign of Her Own

  Marsh, Sarah (Novelist),

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  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.

• True Biz

  a Novel

  Nović, Sara, 1987-

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  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.

• Butterfly on the Wind

  Pottle, Adam,

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  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.

• Listening to the Quiet

  Silva, Cassie,

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  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.

• Being Seen

  One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

  Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985-

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  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 disabilities.

• Give Me a Sign

  Sortino, Anna,

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  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.

• Dust

  Stine, Alison, 1978-

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  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 never knew…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Listen

  How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

  Stocker, Shannon,

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  A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world.