Set Me Free

Show Me a Sign, Book 2

By: Ann Clare LeZotte

Narrated by: Nora Hunter

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.

So 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.

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.

©2021 Ann Clare LeZotte (P)2021 Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.

The in depth research this brilliant author put into writing this fascinating book

I love everything about this book. I learned so much about deaf culture and its history in Martha’s Vineyard. The American Indian tribes still have to fight for their land rights which I was unaware of. A great writer whose work I will continue to follow.