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Chapters 1-4

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Bell, Cece. El Deafo. 2014. Amulet Books, E-book.

• The novel is dedicated to Cece Bell’s parents, “George and Barbara Bell, parents extraordinaire.”

• Chapter 1 begins on page 1.

• Cece is the subject of the graphic memoir and she tells her story in present tense and from the first person point of view.

• Cece tells the reader, “I am a regular little kid” (1).

• As a child, Cece lives with her mother and father, along with her older brother Ashley and her older sister Sarah.

• Cece loves to watch television with her siblings and she loves music, particularly songs by The Beatles.

• One panel depicts Cece singing along to the The Beatles’ song Yellow Submarine.

• One night when Cece is four years old, she begins vomiting uncontrollably and her parents rush her to the hospital.

• The doctor...

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