Free as a Bird

by Gina McMurchy-Barber

Born with Down syndrome, 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." When Ruby Jean's caregiver and loving grandmother dies, her mother takes her to Woodlands School in New Westminster, British Columbia, and rarely visits.

As Ruby Jean herself says: "Can't say why they called it a school -- a school's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554884470
• ISBN13: 9781554884476
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10