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Life, Animated

by Ron Suskind
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Now an award winning motion picture! Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood.The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive. This edition has been updated with additional material from the Suskind family.
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Publisher: Disney Book Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 12, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781368003957
  • File size: 1683 KB
  • Release date: July 12, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781368003957
  • File size: 1684 KB
  • Release date: July 12, 2016
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Sociology Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:7
Lexile® Measure:990
Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
Text Difficulty:5-7

Now an award winning motion picture! Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood.The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive. This edition has been updated with additional material from the Suskind family.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Sociology Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Disney Book Group

    Kindle Book
    Release date: July 12, 2016

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781368003957
    File size: 1683 KB
    Release date: July 12, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781368003957
    File size: 1684 KB
    Release date: July 12, 2016

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 7
    Lexile® Measure: 990
    Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    Text Difficulty: 5-7
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