Review: teens learn how to relate to disabled people
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
In this fourth installment in the series, the media crew investigates what disabled people experience. It begins with the assignment to review a play. When the students have difficulty getting wheelchair bound Sarah into the old playhouse, they begin to think about the difficulties she experiences. With her permission, they set out to share her experiences. They go to a mall, some in borrowed wheelchairs, others with a cast or dark glasses and a white cane.The students share their feelings of being limited by disability and the reactions they saw in others. There was much thoughtless and rude behavior towards them. They all agreed they would treat handicapped people different from now on, treat them like real people.Another lesson the crew is learning concerns teen pregnancy. Izzy is taking a home living class. He did it for the food but now he has a pretend baby he must carry with him for two weeks. The reality of teen parenting impacts them all.Sarah's Christianity comes through loud and clear in this book. She struggles a bit with loneliness and the weight of accepting her disability but is vocal on how she relies on the Lord and how she can witness from her chair. And she has the possibility of a budding relationship with Izzy.Another good book in the Live! Series. Teens will learn the importance of how they treat others in this novel.I received a complimentary egalley of this book from a publicity group for the purpose of this review.