Author : Cece Bell

Genre: Graphic Novel/Autobiography

Recommended age: 8 and up

Stars: 4

El Deafo is a graphic novel that is based on the author’s childhood. Cece, the main character is deaf. With a hearing aid, she can hear but she can’t understand very well without looking at the people speaking and reading their lips. But then, she gets a new more powerful hearing aid that connects to a microphone that her teacher wears. Cece soon realizes that she can hear her teacher not only in the classroom but in the hallways,  the teachers lounge and even in the bathroom. She makes up a superhero version of herself, El Deafo, Listener for All. But she soon realizes that being a superhero is just another way of feeling different and lonely. As she grows up, can she find what she really wants – a true friend?