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Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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[Wikipedia] Atheneum Books is a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's literature in the 2000s.

Quotes by Atheneum Books for Young Readers

“I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind.”

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Cerebral palsy

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“The morning started out like crystal, but the day has turned to broken glass.”

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Broken glass

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“But a person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart!”

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“These things—I call them my “tornado explosions”— are pieces of me. All the stuff that does not work gets balled up and…

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“song came on the radio that made me screech with joy.”

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Joy

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“We all have disabilities. What’s yours?”

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“Everybody uses words to express themselves. Except me. And I bet most people don’t realize the real power of words. But I…

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Language

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“Along with the assortment of teachers we’ve had in room H-5, there have been more classroom aides than I can count. These…

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“Dad also has the loudest, stinkiest farts in creation. I don’t know how he manages to control them at work, or even…

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“What’s the capital of Hungary?” she demanded. I knew the answer was Budapest before she even gave me the four choices. “A.…

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“I hate that word, by the way. Retarded.”

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