Belonging
by Deborah Kent
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Fifteen-year-old Meg realizes that it's not her blindness that prevents her from joining the "in" crowd but her own individuality.Tags
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Blind/vision impaired author + characters -- children's/YA fiction
21 works; 2 members
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Deborah Kent grew up in Little Falls, New Jersey, where she was the first blind student to attend the public school. She has written more than twenty novels and numerous nonfiction books for children and teens. She enjoyed interviewing the deaf students who are featured in this series. Ms. Kent lives in Chicago with her husband. They have one show more daughter. show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1978
- Dedication
- To the Wednesday night group or the inspiration and to the writers of San Miguel for the guidance and encouragement without which this book would never have been written.
- First words
- I woke to the cardinal whistling in the maple tree outside my window.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He caught my free hand and, linked in a chain across the sidewallk, we broke into a run.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Children's Books, Tween, Young Adult, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 813 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English
- LCC
- PZ7 .K413 .B — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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Statistics
- Members
- 25
- Popularity
- 1,073,865
- Rating
- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 2
