Beehive Award
2016 · Fiction · Winner
About This Book
STARTING AT A NEW SCHOOL is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.
Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway ... in the teacher's lounge ... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it's just another way of feeling different ... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
This funny, perceptive graphic novel memoir about growing up hearing impaired is also an unforgettable book about growing up, and all the super and super embarrassing moments along the way.
Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway ... in the teacher's lounge ... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it's just another way of feeling different ... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
This funny, perceptive graphic novel memoir about growing up hearing impaired is also an unforgettable book about growing up, and all the super and super embarrassing moments along the way.
Awards
Charlotte Award
2016 · Intermediate/Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2016 · Children's · Nominee
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2016 · Junior Book · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2016 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2016 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2015 · Graphic Novel · Nominee
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2015 · Seven to Ten · Recommended
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children
2015 · Children's Fiction · Honor Book
Great Stone Face Book Award
2015 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
2015 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award
2015 · Middle Readers · Winner
Will Eisner Comic Industry Award
2015 · Kids · Winner
Newbery Medal
2015 · Children's · Honor Book
Cybils
2014 · Graphic Novel Elem/Mid · Winner
Junior Library Guild
2014 · Selection
Kirkus Prize
2014 · Young Readers · Finalist
