{"product_id":"accidents-of-nature-9780805076349","title":"Accidents of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'm \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eexcited. They're excited too, so they squeal with me; some even spaz on purpose, if you can call that spazzing . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable coming-of-age novel about what it's like to live with a physical disability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She's never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes to question her old beliefs and look at the world in a new light. The camp session is only ten days long, but that may be all it takes to change a life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Holt published Harriet McBryde Johnson's adult memoir, \u003ci\u003eToo Late to Die Young\u003c\/i\u003e, in April 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805076349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Tayshas Reading - Commended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2006 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2006 pg. 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 458 - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 247 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 362 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Best Books Young Adults\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e106126 \/ Accidents of Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harriet McBryde Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643908780188,"sku":"9780805076349","price":28.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d95e5161-b6f6-4d05-b116-9fa20fbceb0a.jpg?v=1603857509","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/accidents-of-nature-9780805076349","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}