Mary Lambert lives on Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century. She is deaf along with many of her neighbors. They have a high population of deaf and it has caught the attention of a scientist, Andrew who has come to study the colony to discover why the deaf population is so high here. Mary and her best friend Nancy begin to suspect Andrew is up to no good, so they spy on him. As Mary's dad refuses to participate in Andrew's study, Andrew decides to leave the island. Mary tries to get back the map that her brother created from a book Andrew has, and ends up getting kidnapped to become his "live specimen" to take back to the mainland.
Based on a true story of the Martha's Vineyard deaf population, Wampanoag people, and the sign language used by the community, LeZotte created a fictional story sharing a lesser known bit of history. The book was fairly slow until her kidnapping, but by then I just wasn't interested. If you love history and/or strong disabled girls, you may enjoy this book.
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