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Myron Uhlberg
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this young reader adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Hands of My Father, Uhlberg recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents' silent world and the world of the hearing."--Amazon.
2) Me and McGee
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
After McGee smashes a lazy pitch to win the championship for the Catbirds, the pitcher spends a whole winter practicing in hopes of striking him out when they face off again.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A Storm Called Katrina follows Louis Daniel, a 10-year-old boy from New Orleans' Ninth Ward who loves to play the horn just like his idol, Louis Armstrong. The morning after the devastating hurricane rips through his neighborhood, Louis, with his beloved cornet in tow, must brave the rising flood waters and seek shelter with his family at the Superdome.
6) The printer
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy recalls the day his deaf father saved everyone's life when fire broke out at the newspaper printing plant where he worked.
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