Middle School, 6th, 7th, 8th ; Fiction, Realistic ; Highly Recommended

Set Me Free by Anne Clare Lezotte

Set Me Free is a page-turning novel about courage and compassion by Ann Clare Lezotte. It is a sequel to Show Me A sign which was inspired by the true history of a deaf community in Martha’s Vineyard. It is sure to be a wonderful hit among middle-grade audiences. Mary Lambert has been tormented by the memory of being kidnapped as a specimen of cruel experiments to determine the cause of her deafness, and she is now growing tired of her life in Martha’s Vineyard and of her beloved writing and decides to the teacher an 8-year-old deaf girl how to communicate with no past language experience, which will prove to be much more complicated than originally thought. The descriptive language allows the reader to feel hope and courage. Those who loved Ann Clare Lezotte’s novel “Give Me a Sign” will honor how much time went into making this book just as good as the first.