Petey
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Petey (ISBN 0786804262) is a children's book by Ben Mikaelsen, published in 2000 but is set in the time of 1922. It has two parts: Part I is the story of the life of Petey, a child born with severe cerebral palsy whose parents commit him to a state asylum in the 1920s. In part II, set in the present, a troubled eighth-grader, Trevor, meets the now 70-year-old Petey at a nursing home. This story helps to expand children's understanding of people with disabilities and it helps kids discover what these people go through. Petey is a book about growth, understanding, wisdom and love that shows you that beauty can be found inside the simplest things. _________________________________________________________________________________
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