A review by beatniksafari
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

4.0

A layered, fascinating work of historical fiction set in the early 1800s, when the community of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts had adapted to a large deaf population with a unique form of sign language, used by deaf and hearing residents alike to communicate. The main character, Mary, brave, strong, and observant, is a deaf girl who becomes the target of an unscrupulous, cruel scientist visiting from the mainland. I learned a lot from the book, and was fully engaged in following Mary's adventures.