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Life, animated : a story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism

Suskind, Ron (Author).

Summary: "Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood. The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive"--

Record details

ISBN: 1423180364
ISBN: 9781423180364
Physical Description: 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Kingswell, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Growing backward -- Bumping into walls -- In character -- Musical chairs -- The protekter of sidekicks -- A journey song -- Magic formulas -- Luck from unluck -- Blessings, undisguised -- The movie gods -- To do it on his own -- The animated life -- Sidekicks.
Target Audience Note:	990L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7 19 166483.