Far from the tree : how children and their parents learn to accept one another ... our differences unite us

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Label

Far from the tree : how children and their parents learn to accept one another ... our differences unite us

Title remainder

how children and their parents learn to accept one another ... our differences unite us

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Solomon ; adapted by Laurie Calkhoven

Creator

• trueSolomon, Andrew, 1963-

Contributor

• trueCalkhoven, Laurie

Author

• trueSolomon, Andrew, 1963-

Editor

• trueCalkhoven, Laurie

Subject

• Exceptional children -- Psychology
• Exceptional children -- United States -- Psychology -- Juvenile literature
• Identity (Psychology)
• Identity (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Literature
• Literature
• Parent and child -- Psychological aspects
• Parent and child -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature
• Parents of children with disabilities
• Parents of children with disabilities -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Parents of exceptional children
• Children with disabilities -- Psychology
• truePeople with disabilities
• United States
• Parents of exceptional children -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Children with disabilities -- United States -- Psychology -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• trueLiterature
• Juvenile works

Language

eng

Summary

The old adage says that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, meaning that children usually resemble their parents. But what happens when the apples fall somewhere else -- sometimes a couple of orchards away, sometimes on the other side of the world? In this young adult edition, Andrew Solomon profiles how families accommodate children who have a variety of differences: families of people who are deaf, who are dwarfs, who have Down syndrome, who have autism, who have schizophrenia, who have multiple severe disabilities, who are prodigies, who commit crimes, and more

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 362.4083/0973
• 306.874

Index

index present

LC call number

HV888.5

LC item number

.S652 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile