Here Comes Julie Jack
by Ann Clare LeZotte
Illustrated by Andre Frattino
When Julie Jack enters the second grade, she is no longer
the most popular girl.
No longer is she famous for teaching the whole class a
second silent language, either.
Now everyone wants to sit beside the new girl, who is
pretty, with curls and cute dresses—AND is the best math
whiz this side of Mars.
But then, Julie discovers that the new girl is a dunce at
catching onto jokes. Furthermore, she has the funniest name
this side of Neptune. Poor thing! Her mother named her after
a household cleaner.
Julie, who is deaf and wears a cochlear implant,
organizes the class to "take the new girl down."
Starting a feud that involves a frog named Dripping
Ribbit, a teacher at her wits’ end to stop the girls’
battles , and a car wash that squirts water everywhere but
on the cars, Julie almost regains her power. Until. . .
missing money, a trip to see a dinosaur, and a lesson in
understanding give Julie an even better world.
Written by Ann LeZotte, a poet who lost her hearing as a
child, this book is the hottest thing since Saturn got
rings.
We promise, you’ve never read a book like this!
And as a bonus— high-frequency vocabulary.
Reading level 2. Ages 5 & up.
ISBN #:
978-1-4507-2002-1
Ann Clare LeZotte is completely deaf. As a child, she
was diagnosed as autistic because she banged her head and
flapped her hands. But it was soon discovered that she was
not hearing any sounds. She did not know how to communicate
with her world.
After surgery in childhood, she regained
partial hearing in one ear for a number of years, and then
became completely deaf from illness. She is not a candidate
for cochlear implants. She also has a lifelong pulmonary
disability.
Ann began writing poetry seriously while
completing her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College. She has won
fellowships to The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She has also
won a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. Her first book
for young readers, T4: A Novel in Verse, was
published by Houghton Mifflin in 2008.
Ann lives in Gainesville, Florida, and works
in a public library. She also teaches American Sign Language
there and speaks to school groups about her disabilities.
She lives with her sister, Jean, and their pets. She has a
Hearing Dog named May who doesn’t let anyone sneak up on
her. May also tells her when the toaster pops up toast, and
she always tells Ann when the doorbell rings.
Ann dedicates this book to her library
friends and to all of the differently-abled kids she knows,
who are just kids! And to the teachers and parents who make
a difference in their lives.
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