Otherworlder black ops agent Solomon Judah is captured and put in a twisted zoo where people like him are put on display. The monster in him longs to break out and kill Vika Lukas, the deaf daughter of the zoo's owner, but the human side of him is terribly attracted to her--and his feelings will be used against him.
After an accident robs Stella of her hearing and her dream of going to Broadway, she meets Hayden, a boy who stutters, and comes to learn what it truly means to connect and communicate in a world filled with silence.
Ruthie Tober's family is known for the beautiful, warm mittens they knit so when she and her mother meet a deaf woman and her baby and give them shelter, Ruthie decides to design very special mittens for them.
Contains nine essays that explore the history of the deaf experience in the United States, examining the use of sign language, methods of educating deaf students, debate over mainstreaming deaf children, and other topics.
Documents the high incidence of hereditary deafness that occurred on Martha's Vineyard Island for more than 200 years until the early 1950s. Explains the special sign language that deaf and hearing people created and used regularly. Details daily life on the island and how deafness was not considered a handicap because all people were integral parts of the community.
Tracks the changes in education and the social world of deaf people; covers the attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America, the evolution of communication and language and increasing influence of education; and relates the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized.
