I really enjoyed Jana's book about the battles that deaf people can face (she has a brother & sister who are deaf). In this story "Cat" who lost her hearing at 5 when she contracted meningitis, is sent to a boarding school for deaf children. She feels abandoned by her parents, especially her mother. She is now in her final year at school and worried about going "outside" into the hearing world. At "Deaf City" (the nickname given to her school) the is a war between signers and speakers (deaf who also speak) and Cat get's thrown in the middle when, as a signer, she falls for a speaker. She helps bring the argument to a head with a school debate but at what cost?
I have read a few books about deaf kids (my own sister is hearing impaired) written by both hearing and deaf and found Read my Lips up there with the good ones.
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