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A review by saidtheraina
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
5.0
There are not enough books by and about the Deaf community.
I believe I am more aware of the Deaf community than the average hearing person. When I was a child, my mom's best friend was Deaf. I was taught ASL before I spoke.
Show Me a Sign is an amazing ownvoices historical fiction story about a (real, historical) community with a high proportion of Deaf people. I loved how LeZotte depicted communication in this book. I loved the way she handled the science of what makes people deaf.
I'm glad it won a well-deserved Schneider award.
For me, the tone felt fairly subdued at the beginning, and then shocked me when the plot took its turn. It quickly becomes a story with a lot of horrible traumatic experiences. Maybe I'm more horrified by that kind of thing in books now than I used to be, since I've become a parent. Or maybe I'm extra sensitive to these things since the world has been living in a collectively traumatic experience for over a year now.
There needs to be more ownvoices books by Deaf people.
I believe I am more aware of the Deaf community than the average hearing person. When I was a child, my mom's best friend was Deaf. I was taught ASL before I spoke.
Show Me a Sign is an amazing ownvoices historical fiction story about a (real, historical) community with a high proportion of Deaf people. I loved how LeZotte depicted communication in this book. I loved the way she handled the science of what makes people deaf.
I'm glad it won a well-deserved Schneider award.
For me, the tone felt fairly subdued at the beginning, and then shocked me when the plot took its turn. It quickly becomes a story with a lot of horrible traumatic experiences. Maybe I'm more horrified by that kind of thing in books now than I used to be, since I've become a parent. Or maybe I'm extra sensitive to these things since the world has been living in a collectively traumatic experience for over a year now.
There needs to be more ownvoices books by Deaf people.