The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

People with Disabilities

112 pp. | Greenhaven | July, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-0-7377-4798-0 $31.80

(4) YA Social Issues Firsthand series. This book presents previously published essays about the issues surrounding physical and mental disabilities. Because the stories are so personal--and varied--they may strike a chord with readers while helping to put faces to the topics. More context and background information about the authors would be useful, and the unillustrated text is dense. A directory of organizations to contact is appended. Reading list. Ind.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz