G. Bianco, 2019
To all my YA lovers, do I have the book for you! Anna Sortino’s debut novel, Give Me a Sign, (which comes out on July 11th) takes a fun summer camp novel, but shares it through the lens of a different narrator. Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s 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 who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing. Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here . . . they're certainly different than what she’s used to. This debut novel was fantastic! As someone who isn’t deaf and barely knows the ASL Alphabet, I was so interested in this story from the beginning and immediately fell in love with this glimpse into the diversity of the Deaf community that this book offered. I loved all of the characters and how each of them represented varying types of deafness and how Lilah, our main character, learns to connect with her community and learn more about herself over the course of the story. Aside from being informative about the Deaf community, this book also has all of the fun summer camp and teenage summer romance vibes I always look for in YA books! I binge-read this book in about 24 hours and I loved how easy it was to fall in love with this story and the character in it. For anyone looking for a summertime read that offers insight into someone else’s experiences as a disabled person, then I definitely recommend checking this book out! *I received an ARC from Penguin Teen in exchange for my honest review.
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