Turnabout Children: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities

By Mary MacCracken

Book Overview

From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brinkJoey is the class clown, but alone... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316555401
• ISBN13: 9780316555401
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Little Brown & Company
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

From the backcover

New Dreams...New Hopes...Second ChancesJoey, a bright intense seven year old, still can't read, so he plays class clown for approval... Eric, a withdrawn kindergartner, is left speechless by the horrors he's witnessed at home... Alice, a winning fifth-grader; scorces zero on every math test... Charlie, a confused eight-year-old, struggles in his own distorted mirror-image universe... Ben, a rich kid, has been called stupid so often be believes it. These are some of the learning-disabled kids who were deep in trouble until Mary MacCracken, an extraordinary therapist and teacher, worked miracles with them - and changed their lives. Her heartwarming book is a testament to her talent, compassion, and love...(I realy enjoyed this book, and thought I just tell you what's it is about - and let you decide if it is what you are looking for.)