Deaf Child Crossing
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2013
208 pages
978-1-4424-9515-9 (ISBN)
Description
A compelling and humorous story of friendship from Academy Award?winning actress Marlee Matlin.
Cindy looked straight at Megan. Now she looked a little frustrated. "What's the matter? Are you deaf or something?" she yelled back.
Megan screamed out, and then fell to the ground, laughing hysterically. "How did you know that?" she asked as she laughed.
Megan is excited when Cindy moves into her neighborhood?maybe she'll finally have a best friend. Sure enough, the two girls quickly become inseparable. Cindy even starts to learn sign language so they can communicate more easily.
But when they go away to summer camp together, problems arise. Cindy feels left out because Megan is spending all of her time with Lizzie, another deaf girl; Megan resents that Cindy is always trying to help her, even when she doesn't need help. Before they can mend their differences, both girls have to learn what it means to be a friend.
Cindy looked straight at Megan. Now she looked a little frustrated. "What's the matter? Are you deaf or something?" she yelled back.
Megan screamed out, and then fell to the ground, laughing hysterically. "How did you know that?" she asked as she laughed.
Megan is excited when Cindy moves into her neighborhood?maybe she'll finally have a best friend. Sure enough, the two girls quickly become inseparable. Cindy even starts to learn sign language so they can communicate more easily.
But when they go away to summer camp together, problems arise. Cindy feels left out because Megan is spending all of her time with Lizzie, another deaf girl; Megan resents that Cindy is always trying to help her, even when she doesn't need help. Before they can mend their differences, both girls have to learn what it means to be a friend.
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Marlee Matlin, deaf since she was eighteen months old, won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in Children of a Lesser God. She was nominated for Emmy Awards for her performances in Seinfeld, Picket Fences, The Practice, and Law & Order: SVU. Her film credits include It's My Party and What the Bleep Do We Know!? She is the author of Deaf Child Crossing. She has made numerous television appearances and currently appears on The L Word. Marlee Matlin lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children. Visit her at MarleeOnline.com.
Content
Contents
- are you deaf or something?
- apples, sit!
- telephones are stupid
- what's the sign for...?
- salmon patties and summer plans
- rolling down the sidewalk
- megan's secret
- countdown to camp
- the right choice?
- ozanam at last!
- hot pink cabin rules!
- the cabin song
- mum's the word
- a scary story and scarier storm
- megan is lost
- the search
- lost and found
- good-bye, camp ozanam
- caution: deaf child crossing
