Show me a sign /
Ann Clare LeZotte.
- First edition.
- New York : Scholastic , c2020.
- 269 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Ages 8-12. Grades 4-6.
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Deaf children Kidnapping victims Identity (Psychology) Human experimentation in medicine Sign language