El Deafo

Beginning at a brand new faculty is frightening, particularly with an enormous listening to assist strapped to your chest! At her old fashioned, everybody in Cece’s class was deaf. Right here, she’s totally different. She’s certain the youngsters are staring on the Phonic Ear, the highly effective assist that may assist her hear her instructor. Too dangerous it additionally appears sure to repel potential pals.

Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she will hear her instructor not simply within the classroom however anyplace her instructor is within the faculty—within the hallway . . . within the instructor’s lounge . . . within the lavatory! That is energy. Perhaps even superpower! Cece is on her method to changing into El Deafo, Listener for All. However the humorous factor about being a superhero is that it’s simply one other method of feeling totally different . . . and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into discovering the factor she desires most, a real buddy?

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