Summary

Chapter 1 – Celia “Cece” Bell is an ordinary rabbit kid growing up in the 1970s, who has an older brother named Ashley and an older sister named Sarah. She goes for rides on the back of her father’s bike and plays with her mom’s makeup. She has a friend named Emma. Cece loves to sing. At the age of four, she contracts meningitis. The doctors and nurses do all sorts of tests on her as she recovers, and she is moved into another room at the hospital where she begins to realize things have suddenly changed for her. Hearing is difficult at best, and she struggles to learn to walk again. Back at home, Cece’s brother and sister go to extra lengths to be nice to her, such as sitting with her until she falls asleep, or making paper boats filled...