Hardcover
Losing hearing, finding herself: can she redefine normal?

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  • Hardcover

    344 pages

  • Release Date

    6 September 2022

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Summary

A year after being diagnosed with hearing loss, twelve-year-old Rayne is doing her best to live a “normal” life and act like nothing has changed.

But her hearing keeps failing her. Even with hearing aids, she has trouble following conversations and hanging out with her friends the way she used to. Her grades are slipping, surfing is now a wipeout, and she can’t understand the lyrics of her favorite singer’s new songs. Rayne’s parents are pushing for her to get cochlear implants, which…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781728420745
ISBN-10:1728420741
Author:Kerry O'Malley Cerra
Publisher:Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint:Lerner Publishing Group
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:344
Release Date:6 September 2022
Weight:431g
Dimensions:27mm x 140mm x 197mm
Audience Age:10-14
A-Format
Hear Me by Kerry O'Malley Cerra - ISBN: 9781728420745
140 × 197 mm
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C-Format
A4
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Critics Review

“Cerra writes an extremely powerful story that seems to accurately translate the experience of a young girl experiencing a disability as well as the social consequences that come with it.“–Children’s Literature

About The Author

Kerry O'Malley Cerra

Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle grade books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, landed on five state reading lists, won the Crystal Kite Award, a Florida Book Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction list for 2014. Her second novel, Hear Me, is out now. Stay tuned for her forthcoming books, Make a Little Wave, (Oct. 1, 2024 from Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing) and a nonfiction picture book, The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (March 2026 from Little, Brown BFYR). Kerry’s work has received praise from The New York Times, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, VOYA, and the Horn Book Guide calling her stories moving, perceptive, well-developed, and woven with an expert hand. Kerry, a former high school media specialist and social studies teacher, lives in South Florida with her husband and two poorly behaved rescue dogs.

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