NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. Based
on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews
with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S
KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John
Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington,
D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
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Cece loses her hearing from spinal meningitis, and takes readers through
the arduous journey of learning to lip read and decipher the noise of
her hearing aid, with the goal of finding a true friend. This warmly and
humorously illustrated full-color graphic novel set in the suburban
'70s has all the gripping characters and inflated melodrama of late
childhood: a crush on a neighborhood boy, the bossy friend, the
too-sensitive-to-her-Deafness friend, and the perfect friend, scared
away. The characters are all rabbits. The antics of her hearing aid
connected to a FM unit (an amplifier the teacher wears) are
spectacularly funny. When Cece's teacher leaves the FM unit on, Cece
hears everything: bathroom visits, even teacher lounge improprieties It
is her superpower. She deems herself El Deafo! inspired in part by a
bullied Deaf child featured in an Afterschool Special. Cece fearlessly
fantasizes retaliations. Nevertheless, she rejects ASL because it makes
visible what she is trying to hide. She ventures, "Who cares what
everyone thinks!" But she does care. She loathes the designation
"special," and wants to pass for hearing. Bell tells it all: the joy of
removing her hearing aid in summer, the troubles watching the TV when
the actor turns his back, and the agony of slumber party chats in the
dark. Included is an honest and revealing afterword, which addresses the
author's early decision not to learn ASL, her more mature appreciation
for the language, and her adage that, "Our differences are our
superpowers."—Sara Lissa Paulson, School Library Journal
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