Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan--The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (Dear America) by Barry Denenberg ISBN: 0439194466 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique and Forgotten Part of History
Comment: This book has got to be one of the most unique and unexpected books in the Dear America Series. However, it should be known and remembered, and thankfully it shall be among teenage children. Bess Brennan and her sister are very close and one day when they go sledding, Bess loses her sight when two boys play a trick on her, causing her to sled down into a tree. Bess's sight is absolutely lost when doctors take a chance with a new form of operation and so Bess is now an outside in the world, and may never fit in. The only way out for Bess is the Perkins School for the Blind. Although she is wary at first, Bess soon meets new friends and begins to learn Braille among all the other normal lessons a child would learn. This book was very interesting and special to the series, and hopefully more books like it will be contributed to the series. Although there are a few factual errors in it, including the WWI error in the historical note, the book is overall terrific, well written, very informational, and will open kids' eyes to a new part of American history.
I also noticed that isn't it interesting how Barry Denenberg connects his books? In this book Bess and her friends put on a play called When Will This Cruel War Be Over? That play is the another book Barry Denenberg contributed to the Dear America Series by the same name about the Civil War. Also, in Barry's Irsih Dear America, So Far From Home, the young blind girl attends Perkins School for the Blind in the epilogue. Interesting!
Rating: 5
Summary: An Interesting Point of View for the Series
Comment: This is the first book in Dear America that deals with blind people. Being very interested in Helen Keller's story a few years ago, I was very eager to read this. It tells about Bess Brennan's life after the sledding accident that caused her to lose her sight. She is scared to go to a blind school at first, but as the time goes by, adjusts. Her twin sister, Elin, writes entries in her diary for her (not to mention some of Elin's own entries). This is a very interesting story, it can show others who are having a tough situation to be hopeful. Although the book is on the shorter side, I would still definitely recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Dear America Mirror, Mirror on the wall
Comment: I rated this book 4 stars, because at first you don't understand the book, but the more you read the more interesting it is. The main characters are: Bess Brennan( a young girl who goes to The Perkins School for The Blind) Elin,(Bess's twin sister), Eva (one of bess's besst friends and also her roommate), and Amanda (another one of Bess's best friends and also another roommate).
These Girls (all except for Ellin because she is not blind)came from all across America to go to the Perkins School for the Blind. The school is in Boston Massachusetts. The school teaches the girls how to read brail, get along with people, and how to take care of themselves. This book is a true story about Bess, Amanda, and Eva trying to get through life being blind.
I would recommend this book to people who like to read about true stories about people.
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
