El Deafo
by Cece Bell
Graphic novel · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 420L · 248 pages · 2014
Why we'd hand it over
The rare memoir that's genuinely funny and unsentimental — Cece's deadpan narration about the indignity of her hearing aid (and her superhero alter-ego) normalizes deafness while never making it cute.