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4) Feathers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her world blooms with possibilities - but that of the chimp begins to narrow.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
While working as a servant in the home of a naturalist, Mary Mehan gradually recovers from the numbing effects of her experience as a Civil War nurse and falls in love with a man who had lost his hearing.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Amelia had expected to have a quiet summer, but instead she makes friends with a deaf boy who moves in next door, deals with her grouchy older sister, has an asthma attack, and goes to a family reunion. Features hand-printed text and drawings and thirty-two sign language flash cards.
10) Tuck triumphant
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Helen, her blind dog Friar Tuck, and her family face some dramatic challenges when they discover that the Korean boy they have adopted is deaf. Sequel to "The Trouble with Tuck."
12) The raging quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Suspicious of sixteen-year-old Marnie, a newcomer to their village, the residents accuse her of witchcraft when she discovers that the village madman is not crazy but deaf and she begins to communicate with him through hand gestures.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 670L
Language
English
Description
Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Mic Parsons struggles with mixed feelings about his deaf and blind sister while at the same time he makes his way through the turmoils of junior high.
15) Silent Lotus
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
1991.
Lexile measure
AD 680L
Language
English
Description
Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Moses, who is deaf, has a good time with his family at the circus, where they communicate using sign language. Includes illustrations of some of the signs they use.
17) Soundless
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
For as long as Fei can remember, no one in her village has been able to hear. Rocky terrain and frequent avalanches make it impossible to leave the village, so Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom. When villagers begin to lose their sight, deliveries from the zipline shrink. Many go hungry. Fei and all the people she loves are plunged into crisis, with...
19) Cheshire moon
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her best friend, a twelve-year-old hearing-impaired girl faces the choice of self-destruction through denial and withdrawal or self-acceptance in the real, hearing world.
20) When I grow up
Author
Series
Publisher
Jason and Nordic Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Jimmy, who is deaf, attends Career Day where he meets deaf adults with varied and interesting careers, who communicate using sign language. Includes diagrams illustrating signs for some of the words in the text.