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The Acorn People, by Ron Jones

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Brief Synopsis:

Being a counselor at a summer camp for disabled children opens the eyes of the author to the true potential of children. At first he resents the constant service they require. Then he begins relating to personalities and enthusiastically devises challenging, funny, meaningful activities. RL 7, Age 12 to adult.

Long Synopsis:

The camp was not a place for handicapped children and the kids-knew it. Camp Wiggin was a summer camp for children Who could shoot arrows, cook goulash, take hikes and sing songs. It wasn't a place for ramps, sanitized medical facilities, swimming pool rails, or activity schedules. It was a place for children and their expectations and fantasies. Starting with the discouraging, exhausting routines handicapped children must follow just to live, the author gets beyond the physicality of being responsible for handicapped children and begins to enjoy their personalities and to be touched and amused by the way the kids react to swimming, mountain climbing, flirting, cooking, crafts and staging a camp pirate-themed camp extravaganza for the parents. The campers are coping with a variety of disabilities including blindness, paralysis, digestive disorders and MD. As the counselor's heart softens and expands, the reader will become attached to him, to his charges, and to the camp as a whole.

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

84 Pages

ISBN-10:

0553208632

Publisher:

Bantam Books, Inc.

Date of Addition:

04/26/09

Copyright Date:

1976

Copyrighted By:

Ron Jones

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Nonfiction, Teens, Disability-Related, Outdoors and Nature

Submitted By:

Mayrie ReNae

Proofread By:

Lissi

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