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Summary: it was realistic!
Review: My teacher read my class this book. It was pretty good. Sometimes we laughed at some of the kids actions. I liked Benny Bee. Other books to read by Ron Jones and about handicapped kids- B-Ball. or something like that. soory I forgot the title.
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Summary: Yuck
Review: Ok, so firstly this this book is about "Handicapped kids" a word we really MUST NOT use any more. These children are disabled and the laungage used shows how dated the story is. Yet again this is a book set in a segregated camp and glorifies exclution by portraying the children as being so disabled they need extra special help. Why can't we have book that portrayes disabled young people getting all the help they need in a camp with non-disabled young people making real friendships not befriending adults. it does happen you know. I am disabled and have never been segregated and find books like this set back the disablity rights movement each time they are read. The fact that young people whom have never been exposed to disablity before may read this book and see a picture that frightens them and makes it hard to approch people like me in case I die. I do not have a condition which is fatal and find it hard to tell people why books like this which seem moving and positive are actually very dangerous. I am only 15 but would prefer books which are written to try and portray my life to be written by me not by people with no real idea.
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Summary: The Acorn People
Review: Ron Jones has captured the true meaning of being developmentally handicapped. Through his understanding and keen insight, Jones takes the reader on an adventure like none other. Learning does not only occur within the four walls of a traditional classroom. As a special education teacher for the past thirty-two years, I understand that there is more to learning than can be presented in our traditional education milieu. Experiential learning in an Adventure-Based program can provide for a myriad of learning experiences. Camp Wiggin, transformed by 'the acorn people' proves it. Powerful reading for anyone who works or plans to work in the educational field. I have all my students at the college level read it.
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Summary: A Truly Wonderful True Story
Review: Short but powerful. If you think that Ron's thoughts at the beginning of the book are stereotypical and negative, you are right. But this is a true story about the author's experiences, and that is actually what he thought. Contrary to popular belief, as time passed, he improved rather than got snotty. And just to clarify: the people at the camp did not make up Arid's nickname, he brought it himself, and he didn't mind it. If you expect the author of a non fiction book to change the theme to the happy and chipper one it never was, you should go read a third grade level fiction book. Thank you.
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Summary: An Inspiring Story
Review: The Acorn People by Ron Jones is a story teaching about respecting other people no matter what they look like on the outside. The story is told by a counselor at Camp Wiggin who at first doesn't realize that this camp is for people with disabilities. He feels awkward when they arrive, just like most people would, but then he realizes that they are nice people just like him and that he is doing a good thing. Some of the kids at Camp Wiggin-Benny B- He is African American and very small. He suffers from Polio and is in a wheelchair. He is the fastest one in his wheelchair. Spider- He has no arms or legs, instead he uses his mouth for everything. He loves to eat. Thomas Stewart- He has muscular scleosis. He is 15 or 16 but he only weighs about 35 pounds due to his handicap. Arid- He doesn't have a bladder so instead he uses a bag to store his "bodily fluids." He got his nickname from his smell. Martin- He is blind but he is them most able-bodied child out of the group. The Acorn necklaces symbolize friendship and the kids give one to all of their friends they have ever met. By the time camp is over everyone became friends with each other. After a few years the kids die due to their handicaps. I would recommend this book to everyone who can read.
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Summary: A Moving Story
Review: The Acorn People is a very touching story. You learn to love the characters and feel like you were there with the handicapped children at their summer camp. I had it read to me in school and I know there were several teary eyes at the end of this amazing book. This book is one don't forget.
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Summary: The Acorn People
Review: The Acorn People was a good book; it showed how kids with disabilities can be like normal kids. One of the counselors, Ron, admits he only agreed to help at Camp Wiggins for the money-it seemed like it would be an easy job. But what he doesn't realize is that the disabled children can't do everything for themselves. During the next few days, Ron got to know the kids, and realized that in a way, they were just like him. Not only do the kids learn to have some fun, but also the counselors. Each learned something about him/herself.
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Summary: The Acorn People
Review: The Acorn People was a good book; it showed how kids with disabilities can be like normal kids. One of the counselors, Ron, admits he only agreed to help at Camp Wiggins for the money-it seemed like it would be an easy job. But what he doesn't realize is that the disabled children can't do everything for themselves. During the next few days, Ron got to know the kids, and realized that in a way, they were just like him. Not only do the kids learn to have some fun, but also the counselors. Each learned something about him/herself.
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Summary: Novel it's not
Review: The book is not a novel. It's non-fiction. Originally written as an article that was (I believe) published in PSYCHOLOGY TODAY magazine. So if the ending depresses you... such is reality. It was made into a TV film (not great, but using real handicapped kids.) He is also the author of B-Ball: THe Team THat Never Lost A Game (about a Special Olympics team he coached) and wrote the story "The Wave" which was rewritten for TV and then "novelized" by Todd Strasser. The movie & books are not easy to find. I have taught this book to 7th graders for about 6 years and have always found it to be a worthwhile choice.
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Summary: OKAY FOR KIDS
Review: The book was okay, but it did not have a good ending. It teaches you about kids that are different from us and don't have fun all the time. The first time they ever had fun was at camp, swimming, doing a play, and having parties.
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