Show Me a Sign

Kids, Beautiful and Interesting, Language Arts, People and Places, Fiction, USA, Teen, General Fiction
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Author: Ann Clare LeZotte ISBN: 9781338255836
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Publication: March 3, 2020
Imprint: Scholastic Press Language: English
Author: Ann Clare LeZotte
ISBN: 9781338255836
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication: March 3, 2020
Imprint: Scholastic Press
Language: English

**"The rare book by a Deaf writer illuminating the Deaf experience for young readers.... A triumph." -Brian Selznick, creator of Wonderstruck and the Caldecott Honor Book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

"This book blew me away." -Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George

"Spend time in Mary's world. You'll be better for it." -Erin Entrada Kelly, author of the Newbery Award Winner, Hello, Universe**

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there -- including Mary -- are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage.

But recent events have delivered winds of change. Mary's brother died, leaving her family shattered. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. And a cunning young scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment. Her struggle to save herself is at the core of this penetrating and poignant novel that probes our perceptions of ability and disability. It will make you forever question your own ideas about what is normal.

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**"The rare book by a Deaf writer illuminating the Deaf experience for young readers.... A triumph." -Brian Selznick, creator of Wonderstruck and the Caldecott Honor Book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

"This book blew me away." -Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George

"Spend time in Mary's world. You'll be better for it." -Erin Entrada Kelly, author of the Newbery Award Winner, Hello, Universe**

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there -- including Mary -- are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage.

But recent events have delivered winds of change. Mary's brother died, leaving her family shattered. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. And a cunning young scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment. Her struggle to save herself is at the core of this penetrating and poignant novel that probes our perceptions of ability and disability. It will make you forever question your own ideas about what is normal.

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