Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
272 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Prologue : The short-bus story -- pt. 1. Everyone in their right place -- 1. You are responsible for the safe operation and cleanliness of this vehicle -- 2. The lightning field -- 3. The hole in the door -- 4. Steel boxes, crushed cars -- 5. The sound of one hand clapping -- 6. Welcome Pest Controllers Association -- 7. How to curse in sign language -- 8. I don't know, I don't remember, it doesn't seem to matter anymore -- pt. 2. Burning man -- 9. I can't remember to forget you -- 10. The turnaround dance -- 11. Big things, little things -- 12. Katie's book of life -- 13. Black rock City's bell tree -- pt. 3. The eccentrics -- 14. Driftwood beach -- 15. Things not to share - at first -- 16. What is left, after what one isn't is taken away, is what one is -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments. |
Summary |
Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled with attention and behavior problems," Jonathan Mooney was a short bus rider--a derogatory term used for kids in special education and a distinction that told the world he wasn't "normal." Along with other kids with special challenges, he grew up hearing himself denigrated daily. Ultimately, Mooney surprised skeptics by graduating with honors from Brown University. But he could never escape his past, so he hit the road. To free himself and to learn how others had moved beyond labels, he bought his own short bus and set out cross-country, looking for kids who had dreamed up magical, beautiful ways to overcome the obstacles that separated them from the so-called normal world.--From publisher description. |
Subject |
Mooney, Jonathan.
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Mooney, Jonathan -- Travel.
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People with disabilities -- United States -- Case studies.
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Learning disabled -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780805074277 |
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0805074279 |
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