Author: Cece Bell
Illustrator: Cece Bell
Awards: Newberry award
Grade level: 2nd-6th
This is a touching autobiography book by Cece Bell about her life when she was a child and how she lost her hearing due to an illness. This book is formatted as a graphic novel, and the characters are all bunnies. The book talks about the many challenges Cece had to go through, as well as what she felt throughout her childhood. The story also shows the relationships with her friends and family, and how she had to adjust her whole life when she lost her hearing. She creates a superhero, El Deafo, who is brave and doesn't care what people think about her. The reader is able to go through the life of Cece and see her navigate through many obstacles.
This is a great book to teach children about differences! I would definitely have this in my classroom because it allows students to see that everyone is different and we need to embrace these differences. I chose the grade level as 2nd-6th because younger children might not quite comprehend the story and I think the older children will appreciate the comic book style the story portrays. An idea on how to use this in my classroom would to have it read as a class and discuss that we are all different and how being different affected Cece.
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