
Mary Riskind
Author of Apple Is My Sign (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)
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- Mary Riskind studied English Literature at Elmira College and social psychology at the University of Michigan. The book Apple is my Sign sprang from her experience growing up with deaf parents. She is also the autor of Wildcat Summer and Follow that Mom!
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This is a great book that is a little too old and obsolete to review on my blog, but I still wanted to put a word in for it. I've been fascinated by sign language for almost as long as I've spoken English (i.e. my whole life), so I was really excited to read this book written by the daughter of deaf parents about a deaf boy going to a boarding school for deaf kids. It addresses the challenges and prejudices against the deaf community, as well as the prejudices members of the deaf community show more have about hearing people, and is all-around a great story. If you get a chance to read it, definitely do so! show less
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