Short Bus A Journey Beyond Normal

Name: Short Bus A Journey Beyond Normal
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ISBN: 9780805088045

ISBN-10: 0805088040

ISBN-13: 9780805088045

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jonathan Mooney

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“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful.”—Los Angeles Times 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…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 5/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.36" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Jonathan Mooney graduated from Brown University with an honors degree in English. A recipient of the Truman Fellowship for graduate study in creative writing and disability studies, he is also the co-author of Learning Outside the Lines.



Prologue: The Short-Bus Story



Everyone in Their Right Place



You Are Responsible for the Safe Operation and Cleanliness of This Vehicle



The Lightning Field



The Hole in the Door



Steel Boxes, Crushed Cars



The Sound of One Hand Clapping



Welcome Pest Controllers Association



How to Curse in Sign Language



I Don't Know, I Don't Remember, It Doesn't Seem to Matter Anymore



Burning Man



I Can't Remember to Forget You



The Turnaround Dance



Big Things, Little Things



Katie's Book of Life



Black Rock City's Bell Tree



The Eccentrics



Driftwood Beach



Things Not to Share-at First



What Is Left, After What One Isn't Is Taken Away, Is What One Is


Author's Note


Acknowledgments