'"When I was smaller I thought that at some point in my life I’d reach the top of the mountain. You know, the place where you’re finally happy. The night I got a standing ovation in the school play was the night I got to the top. The trouble was, no one ever told me that I’d have to hike back down."
'Finally, everything is going right for 13-year-old Jazmine Crawford. After years of being invisible, she’s making friends, talking to her mum and hanging out with Liam. But what happens when everyone around her changes? Will getting back in touch with her grandma help her cope or just make things worse? And who’s going to finally give arrogant Angela what she deserves?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Writing Disability in Australia:
| Type of disability | Deafness. |
| Type of character | Primary. |
| Point of view | First person. |
Invisible
Australia
:
Cecily Anne Paterson
,
2013
8190357
2013
single work
novel
young adult
'Jazmine Crawford doesn’t make decisions. She doesn’t make choices. She doesn’t make friends. Jazmine Crawford only wants one thing: to be invisible. For Jazmine, it’s a lot easier to take out her hearing aid and drift along pretending that nothing’s wrong than it is to admit that she’s heartbroken. She starts to come out of her shell when she's forced to be in the school play and even makes friends with bouncy Gabby and chocolate-loving Liam. But can she stand up to the school bully, and is she strong enough to face the truth about what really happened to her dad?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Being Jazmine
Cecily Anne Paterson
,
2017
13875768
2017
single work
novel
young adult
'When you don't know where you belong, who are you really? Jazmine’s deaf. And she’s getting tired. Tired of having to try hard, tired of fitting in, tired of pretending to be like everyone else. When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her. A world where things are easier, and she finally seems to have a place. But when you leave one world and enter another, what happens to the people you leave behind? And why is one of her new deaf friends suddenly pushed out of the group? Which world will Jaz live in? Can she keep a foot in both? How will she figure out the best way to be Jazmine?
Being Jazmine is the third book in the Invisible series.'
(Source: author's website)
