*To better understand the experience of living with hearing loss, Noah’s story is sourced from real-life situations and challenges faced by people of all ages.
*A rare title that addresses deafness, offering an immersive experience that reveals the complexity of what it’s like to live with a hearing impairment.

After a concert, fifteen-year-old Noah experiences an acoustic shock and sustains permanent damage. As a result, he’ll have to wear hearing aids for the rest of his life. The news is a gut punch for Noah, who must come to terms with his disability in front of his teammates. But even though he is surrounded by family and friends, the path ahead is a rocky one: at school, he is bullied for his new disability.

With the support of his family and a friend who was born deaf, he’ll learn to accept his difference and embrace the new skills he’ll develop in the process.

The novel plays with italics, font size and word omissions to illustrate how Noah hears the world. This compelling visual strategy shows readers what he manages to decipher when it comes to the storm of his everyday life.

ARIANE MILLETTE has always loved words. She studied French literature, translation and creative writing. Growing up deaf, she lacked positive role models in literature for people living with hearing loss, which is what prompted her to begin writing. Deciphering the Storm is her first novel.