| The Mind's Eye Contributor(s): Fleischman, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805096744 ISBN-13: 9780805096743 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Young Adult Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99020844 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5" W x 8" (0.29 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 2118 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eighty-eight-year old Elva and Courtney, an attractive sixteen-year-old with a severed spinal chord, lie in adjacent beds in a grim Bismarck, North Dakota convalescent home. Ignored by the world, the only resource they have left is their imagination. As Elva and Courtney go on a fantasy trip to Italy (accompanied by Elva's long dead husband and guided by a 1910 travel book), Elva shows Courtney a new way to envision love. But to accept it, and the gift of the imagination, Courtney must make the trip her own--even if she destroys the art Elva holds most dear. Written entirely in dialogue, Mind's Eye can be performed as reader's theater, but it is a fully satisfying novel. In this extraordinarily innovative, profound, and yet readable book Paul Fleischman makes us all feel what a powerful--and dangerous--tool the imagination can be. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fleischman, Paul: - Paul Fleischman won a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. He is also the author of young adult novels including Whirligig and The Mind's Eye, and middle-grade novels including Bull Run and Seedfolks. He lives with his wife in northern California. |