Book three in the Hearing Empowered Kids series arrives October 2026. Like the two before it, it was written for kids who see themselves in it, and for the friends and grown-ups who want to understand it better.

DJ is a fifth grader who loves music more than almost anything, and who does not use words, spoken or signed. He has two cochlear implants, a wheelchair, and a laugh that sets off a whole room. He talks with his face, his eyes, and every sound he can make. When he joins the school choir, everyone is glad he is there. What nobody has worked out yet is what his part actually is, and the easy answer the grown-ups reach for first is not his. A boy who already knows what he wants, and a room full of people learning how to hear him.

Want to know the day it’s out?