deaf

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The raging quiet

1999
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.

The gift of the girl who couldn't hear

1991
Two friends, one of whom is deaf, help each other when tryouts are held for a seventh-grade production of "Annie.".

A deaf child listened

Thomas Gallaudet, pioneer in American education
1983
A biography of a man whose pioneering efforts in educating deaf children in the early part of the nineteenth century are still being felt today.

Buddhas in disguise

deaf people of Nepal
1997
The author explores, in text and photos, the lives of deaf children and adults living in poverty in Nepal, a country in which deaf people are ostracized, and discusses her upbringing as a hearing child of deaf parents in the U.S.

Helen Keller

an inspiring life
2007
Simple text and pictures tell the life story of Helen Keller, the blind, deaf child who learned to read with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan and grew to become an author and an ambassador.

Batman beyond

hear no evil
2002
Shriek's stone-splitting sound vibrations penetrate a deaf boy's silent world, opening a whole new world for the supervillain with Batman's help.

Silent observer

1993
The author's memoir of life as a little deaf girl and her family in 19th century Nova Scotia, Canada.

Dear Dr. Bell-- your friend, Helen Keller

1992
Follows the parallel lives of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell, who continued to encounter and support each other from that eventful meeting when he recommended she be given a teacher and thus led her to Annie Sullivan.

The boys of San Joaquin

a novel
2005
In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew.

Who was Helen Keller?

2003
Examines the life and achievements of Helen Keller, a woman left blind and deaf by a fever at the age of two, who, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, learned to communicate and went on to become a famous writer and speaker.

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