Mine for Keeps

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Mine for Keeps
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First edition
Author Jean Little
Illustrator Lewis Parker
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Little, Brown & Co.
Publication date
1962
OCLC 522612

Mine for Keeps is a 1962 book by the Canadian children's author Jean Little. At the time she wrote Mine for Keeps, Little was teaching in a school for the disabled and she had written the book after becoming tired of reading her students books in which disabled child characters either meet deaths or recover completely (like Clara in Heidi , or Colin in The Secret Garden ).

Overview

Born with cerebral palsy, nine-year-old Sally has spent the past five years at a special rehabilitation school. Her dreams of actually living with her family rather than just visiting them finally comes true when a new normal school opens near her family's home. Adjusting to her new life and the typical challenges of starting a new school and meeting new friends are heightened for Sally through the unique problems of being handicapped in the world.

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