Martha McNey

This is a story about 12 year old Leslie Fish. When Leslie was a baby she developed meningitis. This caused damage to her brain, which gave her mental retardation. Leslie does not like to be called mentally retarded, she prefers handicap. However, after studying People First Language the proper term is disability. Leslie's disability has given her problems in the past, such as losing some of her hearing. Leslie does not let this disability get in her way of enjoying her life. She attends a regular school and has class with everyone else. She has friends, but unfortunately she has bullies also. Leslie is a tough girl and avoids the bullies the best she can! She enjoys ice skating and is very good at it. She is on a Special Olympics Ice Skating team. One year she and her team competed at the National Figure Skating Championship. I really enjoyed this book. I was a bit confused on whether it was written by Leslie herself of Martha McNey. I do however wish that they would have used the proper language. I can read this to my class during either the months of September or October. September is Special Education Awareness month and October is Bullying Prevention Awareness month.… (altro)