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Sail me away home

"As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and L...

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Main Author: LeZotte, Ann Clare (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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Deaf children > Juvenile fiction.
Deaf > Education > Juvenile fiction.
Deaf > Social conditions > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Missionaries > Juvenile fiction.
American Sign Language > Juvenile fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Deaf > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Education > Juvenile fiction.
Identity > Juvenile fiction.
Sign language > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Psychological fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:"As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc--and even bring back their methods to help advance formal deaf education in America! But the endeavor comes at a cost: The missionaries' plan to "save" deaf children is questionable at best--and requires Mary's support. What's more, the missionaries' work threatens the Wampanoag and other native peoples' freedom and safety. Is pursuing Mary's own goals worth the price of betraying her friends and her own values?"--Dust jacket.
Physical Description:288 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781338742503
1338742507
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.

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