Deaf-related eBooks from Overdrive | San Francisco Public Library

by McSparren, Carolyn

eBook - 2011

A sweet corgi needs to go to the Vet. A mean and cranky vet ("an equal opportunity offender"), softens when he realizes the owner of the dog is ...Show more A sweet corgi needs to go to the Vet. A mean and cranky vet ("an equal opportunity offender"), softens when he realizes the owner of the dog is Deaf and could lipread "blockhead" as he called her. It's a love-story for people- and dog-lovers alike. Show less

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Hands of My Father

A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

by Uhlberg, Myron

eBook - 2009

The author, Myron Uhlberg, is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult). this memoir will alternately tug at your heart strings and be hysterically funny. Ulberg writ...Show more The author, Myron Uhlberg, is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult). this memoir will alternately tug at your heart strings and be hysterically funny. Ulberg writes about his life during the depression, being the ears for his parents, and their steadfast love. His children's books are equally poignant. Show less

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El Deafo

by Bell, Cece

eBook - 2014

Bell's autobiography is both moving and funny. "Cece (the character) turns what some might perceive as a weakness into something more than a strength...Show more Bell's autobiography is both moving and funny. "Cece (the character) turns what some might perceive as a weakness into something more than a strength: a superpower. At an opportunity that reveals a great deal of character, Cece's reclaims the derogatory term 'deafo' and allows herself to be transformed to the superhero alter ego, El Deafo." The format of this book is a graphic novel. Definition: a comic-book style novel that is an original story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. In recent years, Graphic Novels have gained artistic and literary merit. El Deafo is, in fact, a distinguished 2015 Newbery Award winner. Show less

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Freak City

by Schrocke, Kathrin

eBook - 2014

We feel the angst of the teen novel, filled with romance, sex, relationships, and coming of age. But in Freak City, we also find a unique mystique surroun...Show more We feel the angst of the teen novel, filled with romance, sex, relationships, and coming of age. But in Freak City, we also find a unique mystique surrounding the "romantic conflict and the tension of Mika straddling the hearing world vs. Deaf culture [which] elevates the book from typical teen angst drama to [a] thought-provoking novel." Show less

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Who Was Helen Keller?

by Thompson, Gare

eBook - 2003

Helen Keller was born 135 years ago! She was the first famous deaf-blind person in the world, and the first deaf-blind person to graduate from University!...Show more Helen Keller was born 135 years ago! She was the first famous deaf-blind person in the world, and the first deaf-blind person to graduate from University! She wrote 14 books in her life. She loved dogs and introduced the Akita breed to the US from Japan. Helen and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, worked together for close to 60 years!! Show less

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The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

by Berk, Josh

eBook - 2010

This story doesn't start out as one, but it becomes a page-turner mystery. Will has transferred from a Deaf school to a hearing high school in Pennsylvani...Show more This story doesn't start out as one, but it becomes a page-turner mystery. Will has transferred from a Deaf school to a hearing high school in Pennsylvania. He is discriminated against and gets bullied due to his size (overweight) and his deafness. He definitely gets more than he bargained for. This is, in a big part, due to the fact that he is an excellent lip-reader (not many deaf people are) and finds out information only the guilty should know. Show less

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Feathers

by Woodson, Jacqueline

eBook - 2009

Jacqueline Woodson is a fine writer and has won many, many awards for her stories. She knows American Sign Language and Spanish. She has written close to...Show more Jacqueline Woodson is a fine writer and has won many, many awards for her stories. She knows American Sign Language and Spanish. She has written close to (and maybe more than) 30 books for children, teens and adults! Many of them have been translated into more than 10 languages! Jacqueline Woodson says: "Feathers is a book I wrote because I wanted to write about the many ways people find Hope in the world." Show less

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What Is It Like to Be Deaf?

by Kent, Deborah

eBook - 2012

This short 48-page nonfiction eBook describes school-aged Deaf children, what they like to do, how they communicate with each other and their families, and what it means to them to be part of the Deaf Community. This short 48-page nonfiction eBook describes school-aged Deaf children, what they like to do, how they communicate with each other and their families, and what it means to them to be part of the Deaf Community. Show less

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Mean Little Deaf Queer

A Memoir

by Galloway, Terry

eBook - 2009

This is an autobiography about Terry Galloway who loses her hearing around age 9, is a self-proclaimed "child freak" with her Coke-bottle glasse...Show more This is an autobiography about Terry Galloway who loses her hearing around age 9, is a self-proclaimed "child freak" with her Coke-bottle glasses, and her extremely large hearing aids. She has out-of-body experiences, mental breakdowns, and has an attraction to girls. Why do you think she would she fake her own drowning at a camp for crippled children?? I'd read this book just to find that out!! But there are many other compelling reasons to download this book! Show less

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The Penance Room

by Coffey, Carol

eBook - 2010

A 13-year-old deaf boy lives in a nursing home. Why? Because his parents run a nursing home in South Wales, Australia, there is no deaf school near where ...Show more A 13-year-old deaf boy lives in a nursing home. Why? Because his parents run a nursing home in South Wales, Australia, there is no deaf school near where he lives, and his father doesn't really want to send him to one anyway. While wandering around the home with the sick and dying, he comes to know quite a bit about them as some are quite easy to speech read. But Christopher carries his own guilt and feels he will gain freedom from this if the nursing-home residents can redeem themselves from their unique and mysterious pasts. Show less

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