ArivetingstandalonecompaniontotheSchneiderFamilyBookAwardwinner,ShowMeaSignbyDeafauthorandlibrarian,AnnClareLeZotte.“Instantlycaptivating...willkeepreadershookeduntiltheveryend...Asimultaneouslytouchingandgrippingadventure.“--KirkusReviews“Fullofadventureandtwists...agrippingtaleofhistoricalfiction.“--Booklist“Maryseemssettobecomeatruehero-adventurer,analmostlarger-than-lifesleuth,teacher,andwomanofaction;andwhilethestory’ssubjectmatterisseriousinitsengagementwithhistory’sills,LeZotteconveysasenseofrealenjoymentinhavingMarydisrupt...theprejudicesandexpectationsofthestatusquo.“--TheHornBookThreeyearsafterbeingkidnappedasa“livespecimen“inacruelexperimenttodeterminethecauseofherdeafness,MaryLamberthasgrownwearyofdomesticlifeonMartha’sVineyard,andevenofheroncebelovedwriting.SowhenanoldacquaintancesummonshertoanisolatedmanorhouseoutsideBostontoteachayoungdeafgirltocommunicate,Maryagrees.Butcanachildofeightwithnopriorlanguagebetaught?AndisMaryuptothetask?Withnewfoundpurpose,Maryarrivesonlytodiscoverthatthereismuchmoretothegirl’sstory--andthecircumstancesofherconfinement--thansheevercouldhaveimagined.Suddenly,teachingherandfreeingherfromtheprisonofherisolation,takesonmuchgreatermeaning,andperil.Rivetingandcomplex,delicatelynuancedandferventlyfeminist,SetMeFreeisamasterfulstand-alonecompaniontoShowMeaSign,andasearingexpos矇ofableism,racism,andcolonialismthatwillchallengeyoutothinkdifferentlyaboutthedignityandcapacitywithineveryhumanbeing.
