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001    ocn434559094 
003    OCoLC 
005    20100702040728.0 
008    090825s2010    onca   j b    000 f eng   
015    GBA997212|2bnb 
016    20099032562 
016 7  015385772|2Uk 
019    441199990|a455816424 
020    9781554884476 
020    1554884470 
035    (OCoLC)ocm434559094 
040    NLC|beng|erda|cNLC|dUKM|dCDX|dVP@|dBTCTA|dJAO 
043    n-cn-bc 
049    CKEA 
050  4 PS8625.M86|bFre 2010 
055 00 PS8625 M86|bF74 2010 
055  3 PS8625 M86|bF74 2009 
082 04 jC813/.6|222 
100 1  McMurchy-Barber, Gina,|eauthor 
245 10 Free as a bird /|cGina McMurchy-Barber. 
264  1 Toronto :|bDundurn Press,|c[2010] 
264  4 |ccopyright 2010 
300    168 pages :|billustrations ;|c19 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 168). 
520    Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a 
       developmentally disabled person could mean growing up 
       behind locked doors and barred windows and being called 
       names like "retard" and "moron." Born with Down's syndrome,
       Ruby Jean is lovingly cared for by her grandmother. But 
       after Grandma dies when Ruby is eight, her mother takes 
       her to Woodlands School in New Westminster, British 
       Columbia, and never comes back. It's here in an 
       institution that opened in 1878 and was originally called 
       the Provincial Lunatic Asylum that Ruby Jean learns to 
       survive isolation, boredom, and every kind of abuse. Just 
       when she can hardly remember if she's ever been happy, she
       learns a lesson about patience and perseverance from an 
       old crow. 
610 20 Woodlands School (New Westminster, B.C.)|vFiction. 
650  0 Down syndrome|xPatients|xCare|vFiction. 
650  0 Abandoned children|vFiction. 
650  0 Psychiatric hospital care|vFiction. 
914    MID.b20166540 
914    FARM139304