Author and Illustrator: Yoshitoki Oima
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Pages: 192
Age Level: 13-17 years
Format: Manga
​Series: Series
Genre: Realistic Fiction
"LEARNING TO LISTEN
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?" (https://bookshop.org/books/a-silent-voice-1/9781632360564)
Character: Shoko is deaf and wears hearing aids
There is use of American Sign Language (ASL)
*there is bullying that is prevalent throughout the entire series and attempted suicide
Reviews and Q&A's *some of the reviews are for the movie adaptation
Deaf, Hearing Aid Featured, ASL Featured, Manga, Series