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Life, Animated

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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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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

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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  • 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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