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Summary: A MUST READ FOR ALL
Review: I have been working with special needs children and adults at a special needs camp for about 15 years. I found this book to be both moving and insightful. As I was reading this story I felt as though the author was writng about the camp I work for. For this book depicts the challenges that both these special children must face and the challenges those who work with these children must face. It is a truely eye openning story that I think all young adults, and adults should read. You will learn that what ever your ability or disability is we can all learn from each other. For in life we all want the same things; friends, love, understanding, etc.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I have read this book with my sixth grade students for the past few years. They love it. They don't want to put it down. My students develop feelings for the children in the book. They all have their favorites. It is a great book! Read it, you'll love it at any age!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I like the book because it shows me what a handicpped kid could do for fun. I recommend this book for young people who like to read non-fiction books. It was a great book!
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Summary: Good Book
Review: I liked The Acorn People because it showed me how handicappedpeople have fun just like other regular people.It's a really good bookand very interesting,especially when they went swimming and to the dance.I also think the ending was sad.
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Summary: ive read this book at school and i really like it!!!
Review: i liked the book because it was real! but i didnt like it at the end in the epilog because of hearing how the 5 campers died. my favorite camper was Martin.
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Summary: The Acorn people
Review: I liked this book because people should really read about handicapped people. Maybe one day they will get handicapped or may have a handicapped person in their family. It might help them to know about them and some of the things that a handicapped person can really do. What I'm trying to say is that do NOT judge people by how they look or how different they are from you.
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Summary: Excellent non-fiction!
Review: I loved this book. I like hearing about disabled kids. Arid was funny because he was strong and had an over reactive bladder. Benny was also funny because he was a speed demon!
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Summary: Not a must-read
Review: I picked this book because it was the shortest non-fiction book on the school reading list. It was the longest 79 pages of my LIFE!
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Summary: TRUE STORY, regardless of some people's impressions
Review: I read the Acorn People first as a magazine article. I was heartened and saddened by this true story, which brings together love, thought, hope, and a jolting reality. I am even even more saddened and upset, though, by the negative reviews seen here. I am an adult with some disabilities. I have been a teacher, and a counselor. I work with people of varying abilities and disabilities, with parents and teachers, and with children. I find it ironic that ANYONE could find this story "misguided", "demeaning", "unrealistic", "out of date", "inappropriate", or the children's lives "miserable" or "futile." This story is a beautiful example of how we can all benefit from pushing our own limits. Ron Jones pushed his limits by staying and learning and accepting these kids who were so different from anyone he had met. They taught him so much just by sharing and allowing him to share. They pushed their limits, too, and the limits so many of us put on ourselves and each other... "Climb a mountain??? Impossible!" How many of us deny our ability to climb mountains in our lives because we think we "can't"? These kids did, with the help of a man who wasn't afraid to ask himself, "Why not let them try?", just as he asked of himself, "Why not try?" He did. They did.
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Summary: Carry it with me forever
Review: I read this book many years ago in elementary school. I loved it enough to procure my own copy. This book is possibly one of the most influential books I have ever read. It keeps me in touch with myself.
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