Library Resource Description

Title: The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
Media Type: Book
Category: Specific Learning Disabilities
Author: Mooney, Jonathan
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, LLC
Most Recent Copyright Date: 2008
Status: Available

Complete Description

Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled," Jonathan Mooney was a short-bus rider - a derogatory term used for kids in special education. To learn how others had moved beyond labels, he bought his own short bus and set out cross-country, looking for kids who had dreamed up magical, beautiful ways to overcome the obstacles that separated them from the so-called normal world.

The Short Bus is his irreverent and poignant record of that odyssey, meeting thirteen people in theirteen states who taught Mooney that there's no such thing as normal - and that to really live, everybody must find their own special ways of keeping on. The Short Bus is a unique gem, propelled by Mooney's heart, humor, and outrageous rebellions.