A revelatory revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell - renowned inventor of the telephone and powerful enemy of the deaf community. When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled his telephone to the world, it was considered miraculous. But few people know that it was inspired by another supposed miracle: his work teaching the deaf to speak. The son of one deaf woman and husband to another, he was motivated by a desire to empower deaf people by integrating them into the hearing world, but he ended up becoming their most powerful enemy, waging a war against sign language and deaf culture that still rages today. The Invention of Miracles tells the dual stories of Bell's remarkable, world-changing invention and his dangerous ethnocide of deaf culture and language. It also charts the rise of deaf activism and tells the triumphant tale of a community reclaiming a once-forbidden language. Katie Booth has researched this story for over a decade, poring over Bell's papers, Library of Congress archives, and the records of deaf schools around America. Witnessing the damaging impact of Bell's legacy on her deaf family set her on a path that upturned everything she thought she knew about language, power, deafness, and technology.

Deep in the forest of Verinaul, the World of Animals, Hero, the son of the famous wolf, Serval Red Eyes, is born. After his mother's death, Hero is raised by his father, Fergath, leader of the pack. Hero is destined to follow in his father's footsteps and become Leader, an honor he does not want. He prefers spending his time with Nakoomu, the beautiful white wolf and his choice for his future mate. However, when Fergath forbids the love between the two wolves, Hero abandons the pack and disappears into the wilderness. Eight years pass and a storm begins, the storm all Verinaul had been dreading-The Storm of Endless Tears, which according to legend will destroy all of Verinaul. It is up to Hero, known as Lone Wolf, to go to Nazberath, the Human World, to end the turmoil there and, thus, save both worlds. Only when Nazberath finds peace will the Storm of Endless Tears end. Hero travels to Nazberath to stop the evil, and he must cope with transforming into a human, avoiding danger and preventing a war. Hero tackles the seemingly impossible tasks with the help of three friends: Jacquelyn, his first human friend; Merrick, a mysterious man from Carthafell; and Jeru, another former wolf. to save both worlds from destruction.