The Alfred Summer
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ISBN: 039923747X / Publisher: Philomel, June 2001
Four preteen outcasts, two of them handicapped, learn lessons in courage and perseverance when they join forces to build a boat.
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When Lester, who has cerebral palsy, and Alfred, who is mentally retarded, meet, they form a powerful friendship, and soon find allies in Myron and Claire, and together they construct a "getaway boat" to escape from social norms, in a poignant novel about a group of courageous young people who learn to overcome their limitations. Reprint.
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