The Window

by Jeanette Ingold

Book Overview

A girl, blinded by the auto accident that killed her mother, comes to terms with her disability--and her new life. "This is a sensitive and well-told story, inhabited by appealing and believable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152012648
• ISBN13: 9780152012649
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A satisfying balance of subplots

In The Window, Mandy has survived a tragic car accident which killed her mother, but she's left blind and living with relatives she doesn't really know. Her heightened sense of hearing introduces her to a world of her past relatives, where she slowly comes to understand her sometimes-puzzling present uncles and aunt. The time slip theme combined with the theme of a contemporary girl struggling with blindness and new friendships makes for a satisfying balance of subplots.

Very Mysterious

When Mandy gets left blind after a car accident in which her mother dies she has to live with family she has never met, or heard of. She goes to live with her Great Aunt Emma and Great uncles Gabrial and Abe. When she moves to Dallas, TX she has the choice of which school she wants to go to and so on. On the first day she was there she went to the window and was leaning out when she heard voices calling. Then she started to see things that were going on a long time ago. She starts going to school and she makes friends with a girl named Hannah and a boy named Sam. She has to adjust to a new school in which she has to take special classes to learn braille and things like that. Aside from her own problems she helps Hannah with problems about her parents. I would reccommend this book to any age. I really enjoyed this book and Jeanette Ingold makes this seem like it is happening to you.

The Window of Wonders

After barely surviving a terrible car accident that killed her mother, Mandy, 15, is left without sight. She is sent to her relatives in Texas, and she has to adjust to a new place, being blind and without her mother. When she is in Texas, Mandy meets two people, Hannah and Ted, who become her very best friends. They don't show her any special treatment, and they completely ignore her diability, just like she wants them to. Aside from her school, Mandy is drawn into the story of her family's past through her bedroom window. She hears the secret stories of what happened to the generations before her. Through the stories, Mandy puts the mysterious pieces of her family's past together. Mandy's personality traits bring out the best in her. She is extremely brave, independent, and a one-of-a kind. She is also not afraid of challanges. Jeanette Ingold, the author of the story, describes her qualities so that you could actually feel like you were in the story. I would definatly recommend this story to others, especially to young girls. The story has strong messages about the value of life and about friendship. It was the kind of story that many could relate to. It never dragged on like most books to, and I couldn't put it down. I truly enjoyed the story and I think many others would too.

Read about an amazing blind girl!

Jeanette Ingold is an spetacular writer. She brings to live a young girl, Mandy, who even with no sight, she can 'see'and hear her ancestors lives. Mandy's mother, Karen, was left for adoption by her real mother, Gwen. Gwen, who was married at age fifteeen with a salesman, Paul, left her family which she couldn't stand. Paul dies and Gwen is left with a child, Karen. Gwen gives up Karen for adoption and leaves her name and address. Karen grows up with an adopted family. Karen and her daughter, Mandy, lived all over the place. Karen finds out about her real mother and tries to find her. As Karen and Mandy go to the store they get in an accident, which leaves Mandy blind and kills Karen. Mandy is now without of sight and has to go live with her great-aunts and uncles, which she never knew lived. Mandy lives up in the attic and starts to hear voices and 'sees' her grandmother's life, Gwen. Mandy decides to go to a public school. In which she meets new people. Like, Hannah, who she becomes best friends with. She also meets Ted, a deaf kid, who she goes to a dance with. Mandy tells Hannah about Gwen and the things she 'sees.' As Mandy keeps hearing and 'seeing' her grandmother's life and she discovers things that connects her to her and her mother's life. Ingold is an excellent writer! This is the first time I've read a book written by her and I think she borught Mandy to life.