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Blind
Hardback Edition: 1
When Emma Sasha Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything from walking across the street to recognizing her own sisters to imagining colours. One of seven children, Emma used to be the invisible kid, but now it seems everyone is
watching her. And just as she's about to start high school and try to recover her friendships and former life, one of her classmates is found dead in an apparent suicide. Fifteen and blind, Emma has to untangle what happened and why--in order to see for herself what makes life worth living. Unflinching in its portrayal of Emma's darkest days, yet full of hope and humor, Rachel DeWoskin's brilliant "Blind "is one of those rare books that utterly absorbs the reader into the life and experience of another..
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Pages : 394
Publisher : Portfolio
Publication date : 2014-11-19
Subjects: Fiction, Non-fiction, Children's & Young Adult, Reference, Children's & Young Adult Fiction, Children's / Young Adult Reference, Family & Home Stories (Children's / Young Adult), General Fiction (Children's / Young Adult), Personal & Social Issues: Family Issues (Children's / Young Adult), Personal & Social Issues: Disability & Special Needs (Children's / Young Adult)