Bell, C. (2014).  El Deafo.  BY: Abrams What’s great about this book is how Cece Bell has taken a small chapter of her life and turned it into an uplifting book for children and even adults.  Bell uses animal rabbits to portray the characters in the book.  What’s also different about this book is how she turns the storyline into a graphic novel.  Graphic novels have proven to be a book attractor for several readers.  Through the array of elements that Bell incorporated, the reader can understand the effects that becoming deaf can have on anyone, especially a child.  After she acquires the Phonic Ear, her ability to hear is restored, making her feel like a superhero. The illustrations and dialogue provided help any reader understand the impact of treating everyone with respect and kindness.  Teachers can use this book to target an exploration on meningitis and a deeper look on the effect of becoming deaf.  Moreover, you can make great connections to other important people in history that were faced with the same difficulty.  Criteria: The author clearly had a clear vision and authentic style of writing.  Aside from making her book comical and filled with graphical illustrations, she also decided to use rabbits as her focus of characters.