A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Summer of the Swans," in which a teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
Mentally challenged Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment which turns him into a genius but only temporarily. Daily lesson plans and activities to teach the novel.
Ella tries to give her handicapped daughter Lena a normal life, but when she discovers that Lena has a mind of her own, Ella must contend with letting her daughter go.
Promising to keep his mother's secret, eighteen-year-old Will moves into a house for people with disabilities, falls in love with a young Gypsy woman, and learns to assert his own identity and independence.
Lexi's younger brother Ben, who has Down's syndrome, becomes the victim of bullies, and while at school Lexi sees her friends tormented by two new students who are bullies, one male and one female.
When 16-year-old Lester, himself a victim of cerebral palsy, takes his retarded friend from the hospital for the weekend, tragedy ensues, forcing Lester to examine the real meaning of their relationship.
