Show me a sign
Titre
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Show me a sign
Ann Clare, LeZotte
Sommaire
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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.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2020
Description matérielle
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269 pages ; 22 cm
Terme de vedette-matière
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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.
Terme géographique
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Chilmark (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Résumé
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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.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9781338255812
Informations de publication
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New York, New York : Scholastic Press, [2020]
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| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| awâsis waciston | F LEZ | Book | 30161000118459 | Fiction |