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Give Me a Sign
Give Me a Sign | Anna Sortino
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Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp. Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, thats what having a hearing loss seems like sometimeswhen you dont feel deaf enough to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the worlds expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change. When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber whos just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilahs responsible for (and overwhelmed by)and then theres Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing. Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilahs not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless shes reading them wrong? One things for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here . . . they're certainly different than what shes used to.
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Lauredhel
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Soft pick. This summer camp story is Obviously Teaching You Things About The Deaf World, but is otherwise well done and engaging. Content notes for ableism and police brutality.

#WickedWords #tornado @AsYouWish

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Nebklvr
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What does it mean to be deaf? Different teens with differing levels of hearing and different comfort levels in communicating with speech and ASL learn to become a supportive community in this romance. Thoughtful and sweet.

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OriginalCyn620
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Lilah feels stuck in the middle - not deaf enough to identify as deaf, but not hearing enough to meet the expectations of the hearing world. She takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind in hopes of becoming fluent in ASL. There she learns many lessons, both about life and her deaf identity. This is a really good look into deaf culture.
#bookspinbingo
#pop24 - book by a deaf or hard of hearing author

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 8mo
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LiteraryinPA
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This book seems right up my alley but it just isn‘t working for me. After about 90 pages I‘m bailing. I‘m disappointed but yeah, I‘m just not enjoying the reading experience. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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MaggieCarr
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Read while the 33rd anniversary of ADA fell on the calendar (July 26). Far from my first Deaf/HoH title and still so profound. The arrest scene is such a small part of the overall storyline but one that will replay in my thoughts for a very long time. So many powerful themes throughout that I wish this book could be made into required reading just so everyone would understand the importance of accessibility and Deaf culture.

LiteraryinPA This looks right up my alley but I had no idea it was coming out. Thanks! 1y
MaggieCarr @LiteraryinLawrence are you HoH? I am and am drawn to these storylines that represent so much of my daily struggles. Anyway, I have a shelf tag of other books with Deaf/HoH themes if you are looking for more books. www goodreads.com/MaggieCarr 1y
LiteraryinPA @MaggieCarr Thanks for sharing those recommendations! I‘m hearing, but I‘ve been learning ASL on and off over the last 20 years and want to learn about the lived experience in the Deaf/HoH community. 1y
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robinb
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Lilah feels somewhere in between. She doesn‘t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf but not “hearing enough” to meet the world‘s expectations. She takes a summer job as a junior counselor at a deaf and blind camp that she attended when she was younger in the hopes of gaining more proficiency in ASL. She meets an eclectic group of peers and a couple of possible love interests and also learns some lessons the hard way, both personally and as a 🔻

robinb counselor. I wanted to like this one more than I did. The writing was fine, and there were some good points made about how insensitive and uncompromising those outside the deaf world can be. However, I felt there should have also been more of a balance of those “outsiders” who do strive for equality and inclusion with the deaf community. 🔻 1y
robinb I also felt Lilah a bit scattered, but at 17 I can give her a pass on that…mostly. This one was a very soft pick because of the above mentions and because it just didn‘t leave me feeling like I had hoped to. 3/5⭐️ 1y
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