SOLVED. A girl about to go deaf, and needs to learn ASL [s]

[[deleted user]]

I haven't actually read the book, but I read the back. Here is what I remember: It's about a girl who is around 14 years old, and she just figured out from a doctors visit that she is about to go deaf. So then she must go to a school to learn ASL. Thanks so much for any replys you guys can give!!

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

there's a thread on here for people looking for books with deaf characters/ASL. so maybe your book would be on that list? just a thought.

[bookel]

Yeah do check that thread. Under requests for books or whatever it's called. I suggested Jody by Deborah Kent; can't recall if that fits exactly but she is going deaf. When did you read the blurb?

[[deleted user]]

I read it a few months ago at a local bookfair, I think it might have been a Scholastic book though

[[deleted user]]

Oh yeah, I did look at that thread, it's really long,still looking :)

[Liralen]

Maybe Whisper or Belonging?

You might also try this list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/25...

[bookel]

Was it a new book then?

[[deleted user]]

bkl wrote: "Was it a new book then?"

Yeah, it's kind of new

[bookel]

It's bound to be on worldcat.org look up deafness and restrict by juvenile fiction book English. Sort newest first. Try publisher in keywords if sure it's Scholastic.

[bookel]

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=kw%3...

Or these deaf keyword results.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

The problem with it being a Scholastic is--they tend to re-issue books forever. So it could just be a re-issue of an older book. Or it could be brand new.

Did you try checking out Scholatic's web site? http://www.scholastic.com/home/ Perhaps you can find it there. Or get some kind of hint for what it might be.

[bookel]

Yeah I was thinking of the possible reissue after posting. Did you have any luck with the lists? It should be easy enough to find.

[bookel]

Is there just one character who's deaf?
Here's a fairly recent Scholastic book where two characters are deaf, set in two different times, and it's a graphic novel of sorts.

Wonderstruck is a historical-fiction book written and illustrated by Brian Selznick and published by Scholastic Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderst...
Plot doesn't match, the girl stays at home visited by a tutor, but just looking at recent books to eliminate...

[bookel]

Not Scholastic...

Broken voices
by Winona Rasheed
Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : New Line Press, ©2011.

Nobody's perfect
Author: Marlee Matlin; Doug Cooney
Publisher: New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2007, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : 1st Aladdin Paperbacks edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Megan, a popular and outgoing fourth-grader, is sure that the "perfect" new girl dislikes her because she is deaf, but persistence and a joint science fair project help Megan see that the two girls have something in common after all.
(Sequel to: Deaf child crossing)

Hurt go happy
Author: Ginny Rorby
Publisher: New York : Starscape, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari, but as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, the everything changes again.

Now for Scholastic, deaf keywords on WorldCat for 2000-2013
This sounds good! (Sorry off track)

Play dead
Author: Jane B Mason; Sarah Hines-Stephens
Publisher: New York : Scholastic, ©2013.
When Dodge, a German shepherd police dog, finds himself retired after an accident leaves him deaf in one ear, he's lucky to be adopted by the perfect family. Twelve-year-old Cassie Sullivan, his girl, smells almost as good as a dog, and gets her nose for sleuthing from her police chief mom and coroner dad. Cassie is smart and quick on her feet, and doesn't mind breaking a couple rules to get to the bottom of a mystery.

Will search more later...

[bookel]

Did you check this thread?

requests: for books in general > ASL/Signing/Deaf main characters
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[bookel]

So she's about to go deaf, does she need to learn sign language yet? Does she go to a school for the deaf?

This isn't so recent and may be the only edition.

A dance to still music.
Author: Barbara Corcoran; Charles Robinson
Publisher: New York : Atheneum, 1974.
Deafened by an illness, fourteen-year-old Margaret refuses to accept her condition and runs away in fear that her mother's remarriage may mean she'll be sent to a boarding school for the deaf.

[bookel]

Did you check the Hear No Evil series by Kate Chester? She actually comes back from the school for the deaf ... but they are Scholastic and more recent.

[bookel]

Still browsing WorldCat.org. More recent books.

Hear me by Amy Olson; Nathan Fox; Scholastic Inc.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, ©2005. Tina is deaf and communicates using sign language. But her father refuses to learn sign language and forbids Tina to use it at home. How far will Tina go to find a home where she can communicate?

Singing hands by Delia Ray
Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, ©2006. In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

Kelsey shining bright
Author: Cailean Geary
Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Apprentice House, 2012.
The school year is just beginning, and twelve-year-old Kelsey Baker has a lot on her mind. September brings opportunities for new friendships, starting when Allie Anderson moves in next door. The girls bond over Allie's interest in learning about Kelsey's deafness, as well as their shared love of running. They quickly become friends and are excited to join their school's cross country tream together. But Kelsey soon wonders whether she has to pretend to be someone she isn't in order to be part of the team.

Hey, what about this one???

Whisper
Author: Chrissie Keighery
Publisher: Dorking, U.K. : Templar, 2012, ©2011.
YA. Fifteen-year-old Demi's world is shattered when she is left profoundly deaf by a sudden illness. Everything is different now, and Demi must learn to adapt to a new school, new friends and even learn a whole new language. Whisper is a coming-of-age tale, about discovering who you are and where you fit in life. About friendships and first love and, [most] of all, learning to love the person you are.
12 yrs+

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Hoggee

"Target Audience: Ages 10 to 14.

Summary: Always overshadowed by his competitive older brother, especially in their work as mule drivers on the Erie Canal, fourteen-year-old Howard finally finds the courage to pursue his dreams of becoming an educator after he learns about sign language and teaches it to his deaf friend in nineteenth-century New York State."

His deaf friend = a girl, Sarah.

[[deleted user]]

I finally found the book! Sorry for the late reply, it's called Blindsided by Priscilla Cumminngs

[bookel]

Thanks for coming back! Aaah so it was about someone going blind instead, not deaf!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Blindsided for Elizabeth's link.