Bell, C. 2014. El Deafo. NY: Abrams.

Newberry Honor Book, School is a difficult challenge when making friends, even more so when wearing a hearing aid. For Cece using a hearing aid gives her a powerful sound to hear things she may not be listening to. A story of wanting to fit in and finding a good friend

       Garden, N. 1982. Annie on my mind. NY: FSG

Two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings.

    

Gino, A. 2015. George. NY: Scholastic.

George is a boy as everyone sees him, but a boy is not who she believes she is.  George thinks she'll have to keep a secret forever. With the help of a good friend, George comes up with a plan to be in a play as Charlotte, a character he couldn't play because his teacher told him it was a girl's position.