Read through the following descriptions and rate one-three which you would be interested in. In the next few weeks the Careers with Kids class will be reading short stories on multiple topics of children with disabilities. Make sure YOU are choosing a book that you are interested in, because once you choose it, you will read it.
Rules by: Cynthia Lord: Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules from “a peach is not a funny-looking apple” to “keep your pants on in public”-in order to head off David’s embarrassing behaviors.
Flowers for Algernon by: Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie’s intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
Mockingbird by: Katheryn Erskine
Ten-year-old Caitlin’s world had always been black and white. Anything else was confusing; but her brother, Devon, helped her understand. Then tragedy struck, and now nothing makes sense. As a girl with Asperger’s syndrome, Caitlin turns to what she does know-textbooks and dictionaries. And after reading the definition of closure, she realizes that this is what everyone needs. In her search for closure, she discovers that black and white are surrounded by shades of gray, and that those are beautiful and necessary for healing. Petey by: Ben Mikaelson Moving to a new town is no fun for Frevor Ladd, and it only gets worse when he protects a nursing home patient form the neighborhood bullies. Walking home from school, he catches the bullies throwing snowballs at a withered old man named Petey. As he chases them off, he can’t get the imagine that his life is going to change. Petey has spent his life in institutions. Born with cerebral palsy, he was misdiagnosed as an infant and grew up in mental institutions. As an adult, he is bound by his wheelchair and struggles to communicate with other people. But Petey sees someithing in Trevor and is determined to become his friend-and Trevor soon learns that there is more to Peetey than meets the eye. Sahara Special by: Esme Raji Codell Sahara Jones is going into fifth grade-again. Although she won’t be “Sahara Special” anymore (special needs, that is), she doesn’t expect this year to be anybetter than last year. Fifth grade is going to be different, though, because Sahara’s class is getting a new teacher. With her eggplant-colored lipstick and strange subjects such as “Puzzling” and “Time Travel,” Miss Pointy is like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. With the help, Sahara just might find a way to redefine special to herself. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by: Jack Gantos Joey Pigza can’t sit still. He can’t pay attention, he can’t follow the rules, and he can’t help it-especially when his meds aren’t working. Joey’s had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. Whether he’s wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey’s problems are getting worse. In fact, his behavior is so off the wall that is teachers are threatening to send him to the special-ed center downtown. My Thirteenth Winter__ by: Samantha Abeel Samantha Abeel couldn’t tell time, remember her ocker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter-and she ws in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. She began having anxiety attacks, losing sleep, distancing herself from friends. But in her thriteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems-and was diagnosed with a math-related learning disability.
Read through the following descriptions and rate one-three which you would be interested in. In the next few weeks the Careers with Kids class will be reading short stories on multiple topics of children with disabilities. Make sure YOU are choosing a book that you are interested in, because once you choose it, you will read it.
Rules by: Cynthia Lord:
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible
when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his
disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules from “a peach is not a
funny-looking apple” to “keep your pants on in public”-in order to head off
David’s embarrassing behaviors.
Flowers for Algernon by: Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie’s intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
Mockingbird by: Katheryn Erskine
Ten-year-old Caitlin’s world had always been black and white. Anything else was confusing; but her brother, Devon, helped her understand. Then tragedy struck, and now nothing makes sense. As a girl with Asperger’s syndrome, Caitlin turns to what she does know-textbooks and dictionaries. And after reading the definition of closure, she realizes that this is what everyone needs. In her search for closure, she discovers that black and white are surrounded by shades of gray, and that those are beautiful and necessary for healing.
Petey by: Ben Mikaelson
Moving to a new town is no fun for Frevor Ladd, and it only gets worse when he
protects a nursing home patient form the neighborhood bullies. Walking home from school, he catches the bullies throwing snowballs at a withered old man named Petey. As he chases them off, he can’t get the imagine that his life is going to change. Petey has spent his life in institutions. Born with cerebral palsy, he was misdiagnosed as an infant and grew up in mental institutions. As an adult, he is bound by his wheelchair and struggles to communicate with other people. But Petey sees someithing in Trevor and is determined to become his friend-and Trevor soon learns that there is more to Peetey than meets the eye.
Sahara Special by: Esme Raji Codell
Sahara Jones is going into fifth grade-again. Although she won’t be “Sahara
Special” anymore (special needs, that is), she doesn’t expect this year to be anybetter than last year. Fifth grade is going to be different, though, because Sahara’s class is getting a new teacher. With her eggplant-colored lipstick and strange subjects such as “Puzzling” and “Time Travel,” Miss Pointy is like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. With the help, Sahara just might find a way to redefine special to herself.
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by: Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza can’t sit still. He can’t pay attention, he can’t follow the rules, and he can’t help it-especially when his meds aren’t working. Joey’s had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. Whether he’s wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey’s problems are getting worse. In fact, his behavior is so off the wall that is teachers are threatening to send him to the special-ed center downtown.
My Thirteenth Winter__ by: Samantha Abeel
Samantha Abeel couldn’t tell time, remember her ocker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter-and she ws in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. She began having anxiety attacks, losing sleep, distancing herself from friends. But in her thriteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems-and was diagnosed with a math-related learning disability.