El Deafo / Cece Bell
Livre - LIRE - Bande dessinée
Edité par Harry N. Abrams. New-York - 2014
2015 Newbery Honor Book; Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful and very awkwardhearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hearsometimes things she shouldn’t but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become El Deafo, Listener for All. And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she’s longed for.
A la suite d’une méningite, Cece Bell perd l’audition à l’âge de quatre ans. Devenue illustratrice pour la jeunesse, elle raconte dans cette bande dessinée autobiographique son enfance marquée par la différence. Se faire des amis, jouer, apprendre, tout est différent quand on est sourde et que cela se voit. A l’école, Cece porte un appareil auditif imposant. Pour affronter le monde qui l’entoure pleinement entendant lui et accepter son handicap, elle s’invente un personnage de super-héros : Supersourde. Son récit juste, drôle et plein d’énergie, s’adresse autant aux enfants (à partir de 8 ans) qu’aux adultes.
