Mary Walsingham: Coming of Age in Two Silent Worlds

Mary Walsingham is the story of a deaf and mute girl (born in 1621) to a well-to-do family in Littleton, England.The reason for her misbehavior remains undetected until she is nine years old, when a Mohawk girl from the colonies comes to work at the manor house. Sky Flower uses her experience with 'speaking with hands' (used between traders of different nations and clans) to help Mary communicate.Mary blossoms as she bonds with her teacher and learns to express herself through hand gestures...