Reviews

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

bookbuyingwithkatie's review

adventurous informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

roseleaf24's review

4.0

What a fascinating story about the deaf community on Martha's Vineyard and the abominable views people had about the deaf, and probably still have.

graceelenora's review

It was very sad in the middle. She loses her parents, and if she doesn't follow the rules, she'll never see her parents again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Colonisation

paperquilt's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Ableism, Child abuse, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Colonisation and Child death

laura_cs's review

5.0

I devoured this book in one sitting...

This is an amazing Own Voices story of life as a d/Deaf individual, but especially one in a time before schools for the deaf were common. It is also amazingly well-researched, not only in the history of Martha's Vineyard and post-Revolution America, but of the Wampanoag Tribe of the island. Just... amazing overall. Heartbreaking, at times, but also so powerful and truly an important read because, sadly, even in modern times the hearing view deafness as a defect, as something that needs to be cured, and don't respect sign language as a language or Deaf culture as a culture.

tfarfan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

katietowler's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

irvinehy's review against another edition

4.0

Read for a school project 

kirstinisnt's review

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kaydanai's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0