Whisper, by Chrissie Keighery:
Aussie teen Demi Valentino, newly deaf due to meningitis, braves the unknown to plunge into a vivid world without sound at Melbourne’s College for the Deaf in young adult novel WHISPER. As she struggles to overcome the fear and humiliation that accompany her new condition, Demi learns to make new friends while keeping the old, to be tolerant and understanding of both the hearing and the non-hearing, and to stand up for her rights and the rights of others as she realizes that she is not so much defined by her “otherness” as she is enlightened by it.
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