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Breaking down Barriers: Youth with Physical Challenges

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By Joan Esherick
Publisher Mason Crest Publishers
Breaking down Barriers: Youth with Physical Challenges
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Fourteenyearold Samantha Stevenson doesnt know what to think when Jenny, a girl who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheel chair, moves in next door. After a rocky start, however, the two teenagers become friends, and Jenny leads Samantha into a world shes never seen. Through Jenny, Samantha meets many other peopleTyrone, who is missing a leg; Allison, who lost the use of her arms and legs in a diving accident; Katie, who has spina bifida; and Ben, whose life will be shortened by muscular dystrophy. Samanthas five new friends all have different physical conditions, different abilities, and different ways of seeing their world, but each one teaches Samantha lessons shell never forget.

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16960 words16,960 words
127 pages127 pages
Lexile 880LLexile 880L
Grade 7 to 10Grade 7 to 10

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9781422204207

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