Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Format: Book Author: LeZotte, Ann Clare, author. Title: Show me a sign / Ann Clare LeZotte ; [cover artist, Julie Morstad]. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. ©2020 Description: 269 pages ; 22 cm 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. Notes: Iowa Children's Choice Award book 2022/23. Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grades) winner, 2021 Iowa Children's Choice Award book, 2022/23. Target Audience Note: Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press. Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press. Guided reading level Y. 730L Lexile. Accelerated reader level: 5.1; Accelerated reader points: 7.0. Series: Show me a sign; 1 LeZotte, Ann Clare. Show me a sign trilogy; 01. Subjects: 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 -- Juvenile 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 -- Fiction. Genre: Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. Other Author: Morstad, Julie, artist. LCCN: 2019027510 ISBN: 9781338255812 1338255819 System Availability: 7 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 1336306 Other Number: 1091267921 # System items in: 6 Place A Hold Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
