I love this book, it starts out as a little sweet girl, the poor thing gets meningitis and the doctor says her brain might swell she turns out to be O.K. but doesn't have very good hearing. she starts a new school, she thought she would be the only one with hearing aids, but to her astonishment everyone else is just like her! After a while Cece has to say good bye to her best friend, Emma. she starts another new school and it turns out she is the only on with hearing aids, she gets a new huge hearing aid called the phonic aid that makes it so she can hear the teacher wherever she is in the building! She hears of a boy who called another deaf boy deafo on a TV show, and thats how she got the name EL Deafo. Follow Cece or should I say El Deafo through her troubles,with school and friendship. This wonderful book is also an autobiography.