Show me a sign / Ann Clare LeZotte ; [cover artist, Julie Morstad].
by LeZotte, Ann Clare [author.]; Morstad, Julie [artist.]; LeZotte, Ann Clare.
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BookPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.Edition: First edition.Description: 269 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781338255812.Subject(s): Deaf children -- Massachusetts -- Chilmark -- Juvenile fiction | Kidnapping victims -- Juvenile fiction | Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction | Human experimentation in medicine -- Juvenile fiction | Sign language -- Juvenile fiction | Deaf -- Fiction | People with disabilities -- Fiction | Kidnapping -- Fiction | Identity -- Fiction | Human experimentation in medicine -- Fiction | Sign language -- Fiction | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American | Chilmark (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction | Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction | Chilmark (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Psychological fiction.DDC classification: 813.6 | Fic Summary: 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.
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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. Scholastic Press.
Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
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