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By Myers, Anna2004, Pre-adolescent, Walker & Co Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Always overshadowed by his competitive older brother, especially in their work as mule drivers on the Erie Canal, fourteen-year-old Howard finally finds the courage to pursue his dreams of becoming an educator after he learns about sign language and teaches it to his deaf friend in nineteenth-century New York State.
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By Myers, Anna2004., Walker & Co. Call No: F MYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Always overshadowed by his competitive older brother, especially in their work as mule drivers on the Erie Canal, fourteen-year-old Howard finally finds the courage to pursue his dreams of becoming an educator after he learns about sign language and teaches it to his deaf friend in nineteenth-century New York State.
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2023., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F LEZ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old teacher, Mary Lambert, travels to Paris where she encounters a wellspring of formalized deaf education and sign language, but when she discovers the missionaries' questionable plan to "save" deaf children, she must decide if pursuing her goals is worth betraying her friends.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Three years after being kidnapping from her home in Martha's Vineyard, fourteen-year-old Mary Lambert receives a letter from Nora O'Neal, a servant in the house where she was held, who tells her of an eight-year-old girl where she is now employed whom Nora believes to be a deaf-mute, but who is being treated as insane, and asks Mary to come and teach the nameless child; a little scared, but intrigued, and bored with domestic life, Mary agrees--only to find that there is more to the child's story, and that freeing her from a world of silence and imprisonment may be more dangerous than anyone anticipated.
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2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F LEZ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Three years after being kidnapping from her home in Martha's Vineyard, fourteen-year-old Mary Lambert receives a letter from Nora O'Neal, a servant in the house where she was held, who tells her of an eight-year-old girl where she is now employed whom Nora believes to be a deaf-mute, but who is being treated as insane, and asks Mary to come and teach the nameless child; a little scared, but intrigued, and bored with domestic life, Mary agrees--only to find that there is more to the child's story, and that freeing her from a world of silence and imprisonment may be more dangerous than anyone anticipated.
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2018., Feiwel and Friends Call No: FANTASY F TOR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A romance unfolds between an amphibious man captured in the Amazon and a mute janitor on staff at the Baltimore research center where he resides.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F LEZ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped her.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and has kidnapped her.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL FIC LEZ Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped her.
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Juvenile Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped her.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped her.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Mary Lambert has felt safe and accepted on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard, comforted by the fact that her great-great-grandfather was the first deaf islander and paved the way for many to learn sign language. However, when Mary's brother dies and her family shatters amidst land disputes with the English settlers and Wampanoag people, it paves the way for an opportunistic young scientist to come and study the island's prevalent deafness, and, without moral scruples, he begins using Mary as a "live specimen" for increasingly cruel experiments.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for colors. Each page features one color sign within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Heinemann Library Call No: 419 PRICE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: CommunicatingSummary Note: Presents an overview of the history, development, and functions of sign language, as well as some of the different kinds of signs that are used.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for feelings and emotions. Each page features one emotion sign within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for family members. Each page features one family sign within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for foods. Each page features one food sign within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Elementary Call No: B GAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Genius at work!Summary Note: Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Thomas H. Gallaudet, describing how he helped a young girl who could not hear, and discussing his efforts to develop and teach American Sign Language.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for school activities. Each page features one activity sign within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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By Davis, Bela2022., ABDO Kids Call No: 419 Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Abdo kids junior: everyday sign language.Summary Note: This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for the alphabet. Each page features two to four alphabet signs within an everyday situation a child might be apart of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as illustrations of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
