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Author:

McMurchy-Barber, Gina.

Title:

Free as a bird / Gina McMurchy-Barber.

Publisher:

Dundurn Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

168 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Down syndrome--Care--Care--Fiction.
Abandoned children--Fiction.
Psychiatric hospital care--Fiction.
Woodlands School (New Westminster, B.C.)--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168).

Summary:

Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "retard" and "moron." Born with Down's syndrome, Ruby Jean is lovingly cared for by her grandmother. But after Grandma dies when Ruby is eight, her mother takes her to Woodlands School in New Westminster, British Columbia, and never comes back. It's here in an institution that opened in 1878 and was originally called the Provincial Lunatic Asylum that Ruby Jean learns to survive isolation, boredom, and every kind of abuse. Just when she can hardly remember if she's ever been happy, she learns a lesson about patience and perseverance from an old crow.

ISBN:

1554884470
9781554884476

OCLC:

(OCoLC)434559094

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)