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Children's Fiction Self-esteem & Self-reliance

Wheels for Walking

A Novel

by (author) Sandra Richmond

Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Love & Romance, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Recommended Age
0
Recommended Grade
p to 12
Recommended Reading age
0
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888998668
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $12.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554981915
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Sally and Brian are in love. But at the end of a wonderful ski weekend together, a car accident leaves Sally fully paralyzed for life.

This powerful, honest book tells of Sally's struggle immediately following the accident as she goes through rehabilitation. Her anger, her flirtation with drugs, and a dangerously angry fellow patient, and her slow, hesitant journey to finding a way to live with her new reality make this one of the strongest portraits of a life-transforming disability ever published for young adults. Yet the story and the author's life offer hope. Far too many young people continue to become paraplegic and quadriplegic in car accidents, diving accidents and other risk-taking behavior.

This book lays no blame and makes no promises. But it shows that a way forward can be found.

About the author

Sandra Richmond at the age of twenty-five, had an accident similar to Sally's. This novel was prompted by her own experience and is written with remarkable frankness and candor. Sandra went on to become a mother of two, to drive her own car and sadly, finally to die to breast cancer. Before her death Sandra lived in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Sandra Richmond's profile page

Editorial Reviews

There are a few aspects of this novel that will mystify today's teens...However, the car accident, Sally's pain and anger, her persistence and slow, eventual successes are so realistic that readers will still be drawn into Sally's story and cheer her on.

CM Magazine

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