- Fiction, Down syndrome, Uncles, People with mental disabilities
Delrita likes being invisible. If no one notices her, then no one willnotice her uncle Punky either. Punky is a grown man with a child's mind. Delrita loves him dearly and can't stand people making fun of his Down's syndrome. But when tragedy strikes, Delrita's quiet life—and Punky's—are disrupted forever. Can she finally learn to trust others, for her own sake and Punky's? This story captures the joy and sorrow that come when we open our hearts to love.
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Earnest, spare, classical in form and contemporary.
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- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- June Rae Wood
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Penguin USA, Inc., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780786810840
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