A riveting standalone companion to the Schneider Family Book Award winner, Show Me a Sign by Deaf author and librarian, Ann Clare LeZotte.
In her Free time, Ann enjoys yoga and walking her dog Perkins..
But continuing Mary Lambert\'s story, the darkness and the light, shows them that they\'re still counted in.
It\'s getting harder to tell them all their dreams can come true.
The isolation is real -- there will be a long-lasting gap.
Ann says, During the pandemic, I\'ve kept in touch with Deaf library youth at home with families who don\'t sign.
A passionate advocate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, as well as underserved youth from marginalized communities, Ann worked for many years as a youth librarian in Gainesville, Florida.
About author(s): Ann Clare Lezotte is the author of the Schneider Family Book Award-winning novel Show Me a Sign , which was named a best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews , School Library Journal , the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library and American Indians in Children\'s Literature, and was a finalist for the New England Independent Booksellers Association and the Jane Addams Children\'s Book Awards.
Riveting and complex, delicately nuanced and fervently feminist, Set Me Free is a masterful stand-alone companion to Show Me a Sign , and a searing exposé of ableism, racism, and colonialism that will challenge you to think differently about the dignity and capacity within every human being.
Suddenly, teaching her and freeing her from the prison of her isolation, takes on much greater meaning, and peril.
But can a child of eight with no prior language be taught? And is Mary up to the task? With newfound purpose, Mary arrives only to discover that there is much more to the girl\'s story--and the circumstances of her confinement--than she ever could have imagined.
So when an old acquaintance summons her to an isolated manor house outside Boston to teach a young deaf girl to communicate, Mary agrees. -- Lisa Yee, author of Maizy Chen\'s Last Chance Three years after being kidnapped as a live specimen in a cruel experiment to determine the cause of her deafness, Mary Lambert has grown weary of domestic life on Martha\'s Vineyard, and even of her once beloved writing. -- Aida Salazar, author of the Jane Adams Peace Award Honor book The Land of the Cranes Mary Lambert\'s strong spirit, observations, and concerns about all aspects of life, and love for people make her so inspiring! -- Penny Gamble-Williams, activist and Spiritual Leader of the Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation Secrets, suspense, and surprises abound, but at the heart of Ann Clare LeZotte\'s brilliant novel are two girls who have much to say despite a world determined to silence them.
Set Me Free is a riveting story about a girl\'s struggle for deaf dignity and the hope for understanding.
Burg, author of the Claudia Lewis Award winner Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown Ann Clare Lezotte has given readers a beautiful gift. -- Ann E.
Ann Clare Lezotte challenges us to examine our own often-skewed perspectives and reminds us that human dignity is innate and that kindness is a universal language. -- Christina Soontornvat, author of the Newbery Honor book A Wish in the Dark Set Me Free kept me turning pages until the very end.
I could not put this book down! By bringing the cruelties of our past out of the shadows, Ann Clare Lezotte shines a light for our way forward. "Instantly captivating...will keep readers hooked until the very end...
A simultaneously touching and gripping adventure." -- Kirkus Reviews A riveting story of courage and compassion.
A riveting standalone companion to the Schneider Family Book Award winner, Show Me a Sign by Deaf author and librarian, Ann Clare LeZotte
