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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 Wa...

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Main Author: LeZotte, Ann Clare (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Deaf children > Massachusetts > Chilmark > Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping victims > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine > Juvenile fiction.
Sign language > Juvenile fiction.
Deaf > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction.
Identity > Juvenile fiction.
Chilmark (Mass.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Psychological fiction > Juvenile.
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 . Ann worked for many years as a youth librarian before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.

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