Show me a sign

It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampano...

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Main Author: LeZotte, Ann Clare (Author)
Other Authors: Morstad, Julie (Artist)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped her.
Physical Description:269 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9781338255829
1338255827
9781338255812
1338255819
Author Notes:Ann Clare LeZotte is a completely deaf and bilingual-bicultural (ASL/English) member of the Deaf community, and an essential voice for Deaf / HOH, disabled, and marginalized youth. She is the author of the Schneider Family Book Award-winning novel Show Me a Sign , which was named a best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews , School Library Journal , the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library, and American Indians in Children's Literature, as well as its stand-alone companions Set Me Free and Sail Me Away Home . Her middle-grade verse novel, Deer Run Home , received three starred reviews and won the Judy Lopez Memorial Award. Ann also works as a youth librarian. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.