As Tom Whittaker struggled to keep conscious the night of 27 November 1979, his thoughts focused on a singular plea: Please, don't let them take my legs. Earlier that evening, a drunk driver struck Tom's VW van on an isolated, snow-covered road in Idaho and shattered his legs -- and his dreams. When he awoke from emergency surgery, the 31-year-old ...
In this companion volume to "Bird Boy, " a Parent's Choice Gold Award Winner, the author and illustrator present another sensitive, appealing book, in which a boy in China discovers how to play to his strengths rather than keeping them hidden. Illustrations.
Bodies of Difference chronicles the compelling story of disability's emergence as an area of significant sociopolitical activity in contemporary China. Keenly attentive to how bodies are embedded in discourse, history, and personal exigency, Matthew Kohrman details ways that disability became a fount for the production of institutions and ...
After the death of her parents, a young girl is abandoned by her siblings and forced out of the family home. Left alone, the girl is eventually helped by a bitter woman who is the village outcast. As time passes, the old woman and the young girl become friends, and their bond gives them the strength and courage to reach out to a runaway slave. ...
Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, "Chinese Citizenship" examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Based on extensive original research, the authors argue that social and cultural citizenship has a greater impact on ...
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