{"product_id":"set-me-free-9781338742497","title":"Set Me Free","description":"A riveting standalone companion to the Schneider Family Book Award winner, \u003ci\u003eShow Me a Sign\u003c\/i\u003e by Deaf author and librarian, Ann Clare LeZotte.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting story of courage and compassion. 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. -- Christina Soontornvat, author of the Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eA Wish in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet Me Free\u003c\/i\u003e kept me turning pages until the very end. 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. -- Ann E. Burg, author of the Claudia Lewis Award winner \u003ci\u003eFlooded: Requiem for Johnstown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Clare LeZotte has given readers a beautiful gift. \u003ci\u003eSet Me Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting story about a girl's struggle for deaf dignity and the hope for understanding. -- Aida Salazar, author of the Jane Adams Peace Award Honor book \u003ci\u003eThe Land of the Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecrets, 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. -- Lisa Yee, author of \u003ci\u003eMaizy Chen's Last Chance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when an old acquaintance summons her to an isolated manor house outside Boston to teach a young deaf girl to communicate, Mary agrees. 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. Suddenly, teaching her and freeing her from the prison of her isolation, takes on much greater meaning, and peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiveting and complex, delicately nuanced and fervently feminist, \u003ci\u003eSet Me Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful stand-alone companion to \u003ci\u003eShow Me a Sign\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scholastic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781338742497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ann Clare Lezotte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40843794874549,"sku":"9781338742497","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a4056ac3-5a44-4fa6-8804-ff75dde4083f.jpg?v=1629809978","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/set-me-free-9781338742497","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}