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2) Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Faith. Trust. Triumph.
First came the boom — the loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth. Eerily, the majestic high-rise slowly leaned to the south. On the seventy-eighth floor of the World Trade Center's north tower, no alarms sounded, and no one had information about what had happened at 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001 — what should have been a normal workday for thousands of people. All that was...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Morris Frank lost his sight in 1924, when he was only sixteen. One day, Morris's dad read him an article about an American dog trainer living in Switzerland. This is the story of his relationship with Buddy, his own seeing eye dog.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blindness in the 195Os was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight. For a child frantic to fit in, each day was an exhausting pretense. He managed to ride a bike, when even reading involved pressing his nose to the page and painfully forcing his eyes to concentrate. Head up, he strode through a carefully memorized labyrinth of streets, hoping to fool passers-by that he...
12) Eyes wide open: overcoming obstacles and recognizing opportunities in a world that can't see clearly
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Fear has a tendency to give us tunnel vision--we fill the unknown with our worst imaginings and cling to what's familiar. But when confronted with new challenges, we need to think more broadly and adapt. When Isaac Lidsky learned that he was beginning to go blind at age thirteen, eventually losing his sight entirely by the time he was twenty-five, he initially thought that blindness would mean an end to his early success and his hopes for the future....
Publisher
Swedenborg Foundation
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"A documentary combining archival footage, interviews, stills, and dramatic re-enactments to explore one of the most significant and defining factors in the life of Helen Keller. This program explores the specific ideas and visionary theology that fired Helen Keller's long and productive life of triumphant accomplishment in the face of all odds and her tireless philanthropic efforts to improve the lives of the less fortuante throughout the world."...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
Although blind since early childhood, 46-year-old Mike May had lived an exciting life that most sighted people could only dream of. But, when presented with the possibility of regaining vision, Mike had to make the biggest decision of his life.