LeZotte, Ann Clare.

Show me a sign / Ann Clare LeZotte. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2021] �2020 - 269 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

School Library Journal starred, March 2020 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2021 Library Media Connection starred, March 2020 Horn Book Starred, September 2020 Pub Weekly, January 2020 Kirkus Starred, November 2019 Booklist, February 2020

"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"--OCLC.

4.6. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



Schneider Family Book Award, 2021

9781338255829


Deaf--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine--Fiction.
Sign language--Fiction.


Chilmark (Mass.)--History--Fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.

PZ7.L59114 / Sh 2021

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