Strong Deaf by Lynn McElfresh (Contemporary Fiction)

Strong DeafBy  Lynn McElfresh

        Sometimes what the outside world views as different is the norm for you, yet you can feel like an outsider in your own home. Such is the case for Jade. Jade can hear. Her sister, Marla, can’t. But Marla resents that Jade can hear, not BECAUSE she can hear, but because Marla feels that Jade is less in some ways because she doesn’t understand how strong Marla is when she is surrounded by all deaf people. Marla feels Jade makes the family weak, by not BEING deaf. Both of the girls’ parents are deaf and have been their whole lives, so the outsider in this home is Jade, who is the only person with hearing. The sisters have such different perspectives on the world, can they ever see anything in the same way?

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Recommended for grades 6 and up.