![]() Mary is very curious and independent and had many exciting and some frightening experiences. Both books include members of the Wampanoag Nation who are fighting to keep their land. But we see that people outside of her community view deaf people as inferior. In her town of Chilmark, hereditary deafness is common (I in 4 are born deaf) and all the descendants of English colonists speak a special form of sign language, which we now call Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL). Lisa: Tell us about Show Me A Sign and Set Me Free.Īnn: They are the first two books in a trilogy about a girl named Mary Lambert who lives in Martha’s Vineyard in the early 1800s. I’ve never met Ann in person, but we are Twitter friends, and I’m a big fan, so I jumped at the chance to get to know her a little better. ![]() I am delighted to welcome Ann Clare LeZotte to The Mixed-Up Files blog to talk about her award-winning book, SHOW ME A SIGN and her new release, SET ME FREE. Does your book qualify as middle-grade?.Turning Kids Into Bookworms: A Book List For Parents. ![]() ![]() Successful Author or Illustrator Visits.Schedule a Skype Visit with a Mixed-Up Files Author.Author Websites With Discussion/Activity Guides. ![]()
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