"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes...

"Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system."--publisher..

"Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but...

"In this intimate and defiantly hopeful graphic novel memoir, the author shares their journey to find a home within themself, taking readers through the experiences and everyday moments that all led up to them finding the term "nonbinary," which finally struck a chord.

When Sacha Mardou turned forty-years-old, she was leading a life that looked perfect on the outside: happily married to the love of her life, enjoying motherhood and her six-year-old daughter, and her first book had just been published. But for reasons she couldn't explain, the anxiety that had always plagued her only seemed to be getting worse. The product of a stoic, working-class British family, Sacha had a deeply seeded distrust of mental health...

"Ir al cole y hacer amigos puede ser muy dificil. Pero ir al cole y hacer amigos cuando llevas un audifono enorme atado al pecho? Para eso hacen falta superpoderes! En estas memorias llenas de humor en forma de novela grafica, la autora e ilustradora Cece Bell narra como perdio el oido cuando era muy pequena y su experiencia con el Phonic Ear, un potente audifono. El Phonic Ear permite a Cece oir veces, incluso cosas que preferiria no escuchar, pero...

En estas memorias llenas de humor en forma de novela gráfica, la autora e ilustradora Cece Bell narra cómo perdió el oído cuando era muy pequeña y su experiencia con el Phonic Ear, un potente -e incómodo- audífono. El Phonic Ear permite a Cece oír -a veces, incluso cosas que preferiría no escuchar-, pero también la aísla de sus compañeros. Lo único que quiere Cece es encajar y encontrar un amigo de verdad, alguien que la aprecie por quien...

"Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony struggles with the hurt of not being accepted and tries to conform to other people's expectations. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self love that will require him to become the hero of his...