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"As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc--and even bring back their methods to help advance formal deaf education in America! But the endeavor comes at a cost: The missionaries'...
10) Charlie and Fuzz
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"A heartwarming story about a young, deaf child called Charlie and how they make the most of the senses they have to meet a wonderful, unusual new friend in Fuzz."--Back cover.
12) Singing hands
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In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.
13) Hoggee
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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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"J.W., a deaf musician, teaches friends how he communicates and lives in a hearing world. Readers will learn about ASL (American Sign Language) and lip-reading. They will also receive a glimpse into J.W.'s struggles, hidden talents and how the value of true friendship helps keep the music playing!"--Back cover.
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"Shelly's Adventures offers unique and fun-filled educational resources that incorporate American Sign Language (ASL) while telling a story. In "Shelly Goes to the Zoo", the second title of the 20-book series, Shelly and her friends spend a day with animals. While exploring the different exhibits, she teaches them animal signs and shares a few interesting facts, too. By the end of the book let's see how many signs you have learned!"--Amazon.com.
20) deaf not Deaf
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"Rian is starting her sixth grade year in a new home and at a new school in Northeast Philadelphia. On her first day, she is greeted by Shack, the class bully, who wastes no time breaking one of her cochlear implants. She's used to feeling like an outsider, but nothing could prepare her for life at John Hancock Elementary. Her teachers can't pronounce her name, the "normal" kids think she's Deaf and the Deaf kids think she's a joke, especially Luis...
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