Show me a sign
Title
:
Show me a sign
Personal Author EPSB
:
Ann Clare, LeZotte
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.
Year Published
:
2020
Physical Description
:
269 pages ; 22 cm
Subject
:
Deaf children -- Massachusetts -- Chilmark -- Fiction.
Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.
Deaf -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Fiction.
Sign language -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Chilmark (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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.
ISBN
:
9781338255812
Publisher
:
New York, New York : Scholastic Press, [2020]
©2020
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| awâsis waciston | F LEZ | Book | 30161000118459 | Fiction |