Table Of ContentContents are you deaf or something? apples, sit! telephones are stupid what's the sign for...' salmon patties and summer plans rolling down the sidewalk megan's secret countdown to camp the right choice? ozanam at last! hot pink cabin rules! the cabin song mum's the word a scary story and scarier storm megan is lost the search lost and found good-bye, camp ozanam caution: deaf child crossing
SynopsisCindy looked straight at Megan. Nowshelooked a little frustrated. "What's the matter? Are you deaf or something?" she yelled back.Megan screamed out, and then fell to the ground, laughing hysterically. "How did you know that?" she asked as she laughed. Megan is excited when Cindy moves into her neighborhood -- maybe she'll finally have a best friend. Sure enough, the two girls quickly become inseparable. Cindy even starts to learn sign language so they can communicate more easily.But when they go away to summer camp together, problems arise. Cindy feels left out because Megan is spending all of her time with Lizzie, another deaf girl; Megan resents that Cindy is always trying to help her, even when she doesn't need help. Before they can mend their differences, both girls have to learn what it means to be a friend.Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress, has written a compelling and often humorous story of friendship, loosely based on events from her own childhood growing up in Chicago.Deaf Child Crossingwill strike a chord with anyone who has ever had, or wanted, a best friend.