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Give Me a Sign
Anna Sortino
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Lilah lives in a hearing world, with hearing parents and friends, attending a mainstream school. Lilah is hard of hearing, but she isn’t comfortable claiming deafness as part of her identity. When the opportunity arises to return to her beloved childhood Deaf and blind camp as a junior counselor, Lilah jumps at the chance to get away from home and brush up on her ASL. The summer brings more than ASL growth as Lilah learns to navigate friendship, has a swoony first romance, and journeys toward comfort in her own identity.
CONTENT WARNINGS
Violence, Ableism, Prejudice, Police Brutality, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual Harassment
Discussion questions
Discuss the different kinds of deaf representation in the book, and why the nuances of deaf culture make Lilah's world so complicated.
Discuss how this novel might have been different if it were told from multiple points of view, with multiple differently-abled voices. Whose character would you have wanted to hear more from and why?
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Write about a time when you were misunderstood. How did it feel?
Have you ever tried to learn a foreign language? How does it make you feel to try to get your feelings and idea across in another language?
Anna Sortino
Anna Sortino is the author of Give Me a Sign and On the Bright Side.
Anna Sortino is the author of Give Me a Sign and On the Bright Side.
She writes stories about disabled characters living their lives and falling in love. Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Anna has since lived in different cities from coast to coast, spending her free time exploring nature with her dog or reading on the couch with her cat.
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