Show me a sign / Ann Clare LeZotte
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: 269 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781338255812
- 1338255819
- Deaf children -- Juvenile fiction
- Kidnapping victims -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Juvenile fiction
- Wampanoag Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Sign language -- Juvenile fiction
- Chilmark (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- FIC LEZ 23
- PZ7.L59114 Sh 2020
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | MVS Library Curved Riser Shelves | F- Fiction (Juvenile) | FIC LEZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Schneider Family Book Award 2021 | 4008831 |
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, in 1805, 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. (Written by a deaf author and based upon a true story.)
Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press
Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press
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