Welcome to Litsy!

Starting this one, which is my #doublespin book for a previous month.

#Bibliophile Day 12: This beautiful picturebook has #ProtagWithDisability #ProtagonistsWithDisability and communicate with each other via ASL and flashing lights as they figure our how to vanquish the monster under the bed - and that is to make monster hands (but of course). My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-r64

My #BookSpin and #Doublespin are both middle grade books I'm looking forward to this month!
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This little novel in verse tells a big story. What a love story to communication, caring adults, friends, nature, and poetry.

I will read anything Ann Clare LeZotte writes; this one is a modern story. Her Martha's Vineyard trilogy left me feeling so educated as a reader. I'm not obtuse to what it's like for deaf children to be born to hearing parents who don't desire to learn sign language. This book, written in verse gave me Matilda vibes (minus the magic).

3 ⭐ This book is quite typical of these books. There is really nothing to set this apart from other books. It is something needed that will get checked out frequently from libraries.

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

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.

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.
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#pop24 - book by a deaf or hard of hearing author