994 reviews for:

Give Me a Sign

Anna Sortino

4.11 AVERAGE

j_cran's review against another edition

4.0

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Cute, YA Summer romance and great insight into ableism, Deaf culture and feeling caught in the middle of the hearing and deaf world.
I enjoyed this and while the writing was choppy at times, I really enjoyed it.

Also thought it was very cool / clever the way she indicated how someone was signing vs speaking throughout. Not sure how that would come across in an Audiobook.

neverendingbook's review against another edition

5.0

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Really cute and inclusive romance.

literelli's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A really sweet YA summer romance, with a nuanced yet frank exploration of what it means to be a deaf teen in a hearing family. I really loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Audism

meredithp73's review against another edition

2.75

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It just didn’t really stick out to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

jacques_le_biem's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

addisenn's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

insouciantmediator's review against another edition

3.25

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I thought this book was cute and thought that it was very informative I'm not deaf but I feel like I learned a lot just listening to their journey I didn't think the book was quite slow and as far as a romance goes it really wasn't my favorite this might be mostly because I found the main character mildly annoying true to character she was acting like a 17 year old kid so that may be a me problem

emmasdayoff's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

booklover469's review against another edition

3.0

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Give Me a Sign is a coming of age story about a young deaf girl who experiences summer camp to learn ASL. She meets friends, experiences a summer romance and finds her voice. I did learn from this read about a topic that I have little experience with and I would recommend this as a light romance to my students. Although I did enjoy reading this story especially about the ASL, I think this book was a bit overwhelming in the troupes and lacked the depth we find exemplary in our list books.

nora_mcgowan's review against another edition

2.25

informative inspiring medium-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