![]() ![]() And just wait till you hit that twist in the middle of book! This is a work of historical fiction that brings to light a specific community we’ve not seen in a children’s book before. If you were to pull aside a sixth grader today and ask them to name a book featuring a Deaf main character, would they still think only of Helen? Author Ann Clare LeZotte is a Deaf librarian and brings to Show Me a Sign the ability to pinpoint the subtleties of the white, deaf residents of Martha’s Vineyard. ![]() When I was little we had books about Helen Keller and … that was pretty much it. Yet I worry that things have not changed significantly since I was a kid. Such books exist, of course the most notable examples being Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick and El Deafo by Cece Bell. ![]() In the pantheon of children’s literature about the differently abled, stories about people in the Deaf community or along the spectrum of hearing loss, are not common. “Not every writer comes to English from the same direction.” Right now I’m sitting here as a reviewer, trying to figure out from which direction I should approach this book. ![]()
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