What a beautifully written book. Like Lois Lowry's Newbery speech, describing the streams of stories that flowed into the river that became The Giver, this book makes me want to go back go all of the little streams of stories that have built the river of my life. Jackie grew up in the 60s, but I saw myself in her. The many branches of her family, the uncertainty of home. Beautiful.
El Deafo is a cleverly written graphic novel about Cece Bell's childhood and the hearing aides that impacted her every interaction. I learned several things from Cece about living with hearing loss. I loved how brutally honest the narrator was with the reader in regards to how she felt about how people treated her. A great read!
Readers will like the strength that Harrison discovers in himself. The short, semi-cliffhanger chapters (there are 100!) will keep reluctant readers going. It had a satisfying ending.
