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"When her new baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her." -- (Source of summary not specified)
4) Sugaring off
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Partially deaf, seventeen-year-old Owl feels the most free hiking the forested areas around her family's New Hampshire farm, but the apperance of Cody, a magnetic young man hired to help with the sugaring off, forces Owl to make difficult decisions about their relationship and her relationship with her family.
5) Hear me
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"After being diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, Rayne resists her parents' efforts to "fix" her and rethinks her own assumptions about what her condition means for her"-- Provided by publisher
One year after being diagnosed with hearing loss, Rayne's hearing keeps getting worse, even with aids. Friendships and school are a struggle, surfing is now a wipeout, and she can't understand her favorite singer's lyrics. Rayne's parents are pushing...
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"Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be "normal," to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind--like survival....
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library.
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317 pages ; 21 cm
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After moving to Colorado, deaf seventeen-year-old Maya is forced to attend a hearing school, where she must navigate a new life and prove that her lack of hearing will not stop her from pursuing her dreams. Includes an interview with the author.
Maya has reservations about transferring to a hearing school after studying in a school for the deaf for years, but grows closer to Beau Watson, the student body president, who starts learning sign language...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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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.
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