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A review by librariandest
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
4.0
This book has a slow start and a slow middle, but there's surprise, danger and action in the second half. I almost gave the book a full five stars, but there was something unsatisfying about the story for me. Questions about the plot lingered in my mind unresolved. ()
Author LeZotte (who is Deaf herself making this an #OwnVoices story) explores prejudice and disability through a historical lens but with a modern sensibility. While many people historically (and currently) see disability as a negative, the reader sees Mary as a fully capable human who happens to speak a different language and experience the world in a different way than hearing people.
Spoiler
Why didn't Andrew take Mary to Dr. Minot straight away? Why keep her in that filthy inn for weeks? Why didn't Mary use gestures to ask for paper and quill the first time she met Dr. Minot? Furthermore, why only send Ezra after Mary? Why not send more men from the island to find Andrew in Boston?Author LeZotte (who is Deaf herself making this an #OwnVoices story) explores prejudice and disability through a historical lens but with a modern sensibility. While many people historically (and currently) see disability as a negative, the reader sees Mary as a fully capable human who happens to speak a different language and experience the world in a different way than hearing people.