My life of language

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Paul W. Ogden

Paul W. Ogden has dedicated his life to educating young deaf and hard of hearing people and raising awareness of what it means to be deaf in a hearing world. He has taught and mentored a generation of teachers, and his classic volume, The Silent Garden, has served as a guide for parents and educators for over thirty years. Now he tells his personal story of challenges faced and lessons learned, revealing that the critical, guiding factors for him have always been language and successful communication.

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E. Katherine Kottaras

"Ultra-high-achiever Viviana Rabinovich-Lowe learns something they never covered in her AP courses: that it's okay to be less than perfect, because it's our imperfections that make us who we are" Viviana Rabinovich-Lowe's quest for perfection is derailed when her boyfriend leaks secret pictures of her to the entire school-- pictures no one was ever meant to see. On top of this her parents might be getting divorced. For the first time, Vivi feels like a complete and utter failure. When she gets a job working at the community pool, she meets a new circle of friends who know nothing about her past. And Evan is an intriguing guy who makes her want to do something she never thought she'd do again: trust. For the first time in her life, Vivi learns that it's our imperfections that make us who we are.

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Ved Mehta

A sensitive portrayal of growing up in an alien culture as a 15-year-old blind boy leaves India to attend school in Arkansas.