Show Me a Sign
by Ann Clare Lezotte
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
- American Indian
Year Published 2020
Word Count 46,187
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 506689, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Kidnapping victims--Juvenile fiction
- Deaf--Fiction
- Sign language--Juvenile fiction
- Human experimentation in medicine--Juvenile fiction
- Identity--Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Human experimentation in medicine--Fiction
- Kidnapping--Fiction
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Deaf children--Massachusetts--Chilmark--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American
- Sign language--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Best Book Lists 2020
- Sample: Skyline ELA Texts
- Disability Awareness
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Awards & Distinctions 8

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2023
Winner, 2021

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2021

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2023
Finalist, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2020

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2022
Middle Grade Selection, 2020
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