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Sam, 12 lives with his single mother in a Boston suburb. Sam has cerebral palsy and needs a wheelchair as his mobility is quite limited. He has a very kind nurse named Miss Perkins who takes care of him during the day.

The Beatles play a role in this story, which is set in 1968. Sam's mother sings "Yellow Submarine;" several neighborhood kids discuss the Beatles and Sam even balks at having a haircut as boys were growing their hair at that time. His barber, a kind neighborhood fixture sympathizes with Sam, telling him that he understands that long hair for boys is the au courant fashion. The Beatles were fashion icons and their hair, considered quite long at the time inspired many to sport similar coiffure.

A delightful Londoner, Miss Perkins leaves Merry Old England for New England and is completely devoted to Sam. Born in 1918, the year of the Flu Epidemic, she enters the nursing profession after witnessing traumatic deaths and injuries during WWII. She also has an unflagging respect for Churchill, England's prime minister. Her love for Churchill is passed along to Sam. (Later in the book, Miss Perkins says she is 56, but she could not be 56 in 1968). She reads to him about the Prime Minister and his instrumental role during the war. Sam, a very bright boy learns a lot about the man for whom nobody held out any hope during his boyhood. Churchill, like Sam had a very kind nanny who instilled a belief in himself to accomplish many goals.

In turn, Churchill inspires Sam. Sam often has imaginary conversations with the former Prime Minister, culling quotes from speeches and using them in his "conversations." In each such conversation, Churchill tells Sam that he has goals - to get one local boy, later to become his classmate on the neighborhood basketball team.

One of Sam's goals is to play basketball and attend the local junior high. Every day he watches a motley group of neighborhood boys shoot hoops and years to join them. He spends much of his free time watching people out of his window. Luckily for Sam, his resourceful nurse and mother are able to get him enrolled in the local school.

Sam, despite his mobility issues fits in to a large extent. His teacher, not prepared to take on a student with special mobility needs almost writes him off until Miss Perkins proves to her that Sam is indeed bright and up to speed gradewise. When Sam's teacher Mrs. Martin announces that the class will be doing a unit on WWII, Sam lights up. He, with Miss Perkins' help lets her know that he is quite interested in Churchill and would like to include Churchill in the unit. Using his alphabet board and saying a few words that are easier for him to pronounce, Sam makes himself heard and luckily Mrs. Martin really listens to him. He even makes friends with some of his more tolerant classmates.

Unfortunately not everybody listens to Sam, his nurse or teacher. The school principal railroads Sam by calling him into his office and making him sound as if he is unable to speak or be part of the classes he attends. Sam's mother sets the wheels in motion to have Sam institutionalized courtesy of a male friend she is dating. Miss Perkins fights this tooth and toenail, only to bade Sam a sorrowful goodbye upon his admission.

Sadly, Sam serves several weeks in Mannville, which is just a warehouse for boys with a myriad of special needs. The place sounded like a genuine hellhole and luckily for Sam, Churchill and....a few others come through for him.

The Beatles' 1967 classic "I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends" could well be the soundtrack of this stellar book.

*The main characters are given a turn at bat at the end of this book in an afterword devoted to them. Readers can ride that train with the characters to see how their lives turned out in the intervening years. A post-script chapter on the author, Andrea White; the people and their stories who inspired this work and an account of an actual school make this a very effective book. Andrea White is a genius. It's as simple as that.

Out of My Mind is an excellent companion book to this one.


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Window Boy Andrea White 9781933979144 Books Reviews

Growing up,my little brother was diagnosed co but then changed to an exceptionally rare disorder.I spent many hours trying to understand what he thought about and how he felt because he was extremely smart.being able to go to school was the highlight of his every day! The socialization and "normalcy " was paramount in his daily life.this book had me in tears several times because it was so vividly detailing his thoughts that he struggled to communicate.it was a joy to read and I literally devoured it! I think that adults would benefit as much as 13 yr olds and teens. Lovely book.well written and I am sure will be a great hit! To the author- thank you!
aaaah. This book is inspiring. Really sad to have a family member suffering CP. It's heart breaking for children to be enduring this. They are innocent, but then again, in everything God has a plan for our good. Although I liked the content it seemed very idealistic in the sense that is quite impossible. So if a CP child reads this he might actually get more frustrated at life especially if his case is the severe type.
As a grandparent of four grandsons I began to read the book with a sceptical eye. Thinking that the topic of an early adolescent boy with cerebral palsy who has an inpoverished single mother would be depressing I brought a cup of tea and a box of chocolate truffles to the sofa table to 'help me get through' the book. Although I did indulge in the truffles I needed nothing to get me through this interesting and fast moving 'read'. Andrea White has a deft understanding both of the mind and emotions of an preadolescent boy and of the power of people who love and believe in someone to empower that person to cope with and overcome obstacles. This book is a little bit of a fantasy-- with a lot of historical Churcillian 'tidbits'delightfully worked into the story line, But the book is also realistic and optimistic enough that I, who as an academic focused on child development, have purchased several copies of this book and sent them to friends who have a child with cerebral palsy in their families. Window Boy is a book written for children and teen age readers but it is also an important book to be read by adults who work with CP children and by those who interact with them. And, of course, the book should be read by all who love such individuals.
I was hooked from the start till the end. A boy with cerebral palsy was once a boy who lived in a wheelchair and was always placed in his favorite spot by a window to watch kids play basketball his favorite game. It tells of his struggles and how he overcomes them as he enters school and how he expresses himself to his teacher and kids who want to shun him. A beautiful outcome to a story that you won't want miss. I hope enjoy as much as I did.
The title, "Window Boy", caught my attention. Andrea White has written a fascinating tale of a boy with "special needs", a current bit of terminology in the field of Special Education. I found myself unwilling to leave the characters at the end of the story. The addendum of viewpoints from key personalities woven into the story illustrates how an author may pull from many different sources in the stringing together of the major plot. Is it life imitating art...or vice verso? I would love to read other contributions by this author. Having several friends whose children are living lives similar to Sam's, I appreciate the care with which "Window Boy" was written and will certainly recommend it. Well done!
This book, although a story of fiction, was a real eye-opener for me. I was born in 1968, in the Boston Massachusetts area. I also have Cerebral Palsy. I saw alot of similarities in my own life to Sam's. People told my parents to institutionalize me. I had trouble walking. I had some great teachers and not-so-great ones. Ms. White mentions IDEA, which I learned about in college. This is a very accurate account of the actual schools in Massachusetts today. It could very well be used as a course book for future Special Education teachers-in-training. Nice!
Sam, 12 lives with his single mother in a Boston suburb. Sam has cerebral palsy and needs a wheelchair as his mobility is quite limited. He has a very kind nurse named Miss Perkins who takes care of him during the day.

The Beatles play a role in this story, which is set in 1968. Sam's mother sings "Yellow Submarine;" several neighborhood kids discuss the Beatles and Sam even balks at having a haircut as boys were growing their hair at that time. His barber, a kind neighborhood fixture sympathizes with Sam, telling him that he understands that long hair for boys is the au courant fashion. The Beatles were fashion icons and their hair, considered quite long at the time inspired many to sport similar coiffure.

A delightful Londoner, Miss Perkins leaves Merry Old England for New England and is completely devoted to Sam. Born in 1918, the year of the Flu Epidemic, she enters the nursing profession after witnessing traumatic deaths and injuries during WWII. She also has an unflagging respect for Churchill, England's prime minister. Her love for Churchill is passed along to Sam. (Later in the book, Miss Perkins says she is 56, but she could not be 56 in 1968). She reads to him about the Prime Minister and his instrumental role during the war. Sam, a very bright boy learns a lot about the man for whom nobody held out any hope during his boyhood. Churchill, like Sam had a very kind nanny who instilled a belief in himself to accomplish many goals.

In turn, Churchill inspires Sam. Sam often has imaginary conversations with the former Prime Minister, culling quotes from speeches and using them in his "conversations." In each such conversation, Churchill tells Sam that he has goals - to get one local boy, later to become his classmate on the neighborhood basketball team.

One of Sam's goals is to play basketball and attend the local junior high. Every day he watches a motley group of neighborhood boys shoot hoops and years to join them. He spends much of his free time watching people out of his window. Luckily for Sam, his resourceful nurse and mother are able to get him enrolled in the local school.

Sam, despite his mobility issues fits in to a large extent. His teacher, not prepared to take on a student with special mobility needs almost writes him off until Miss Perkins proves to her that Sam is indeed bright and up to speed gradewise. When Sam's teacher Mrs. Martin announces that the class will be doing a unit on WWII, Sam lights up. He, with Miss Perkins' help lets her know that he is quite interested in Churchill and would like to include Churchill in the unit. Using his alphabet board and saying a few words that are easier for him to pronounce, Sam makes himself heard and luckily Mrs. Martin really listens to him. He even makes friends with some of his more tolerant classmates.

Unfortunately not everybody listens to Sam, his nurse or teacher. The school principal railroads Sam by calling him into his office and making him sound as if he is unable to speak or be part of the classes he attends. Sam's mother sets the wheels in motion to have Sam institutionalized courtesy of a male friend she is dating. Miss Perkins fights this tooth and toenail, only to bade Sam a sorrowful goodbye upon his admission.

Sadly, Sam serves several weeks in Mannville, which is just a warehouse for boys with a myriad of special needs. The place sounded like a genuine hellhole and luckily for Sam, Churchill and....a few others come through for him.

The Beatles' 1967 classic "I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends" could well be the soundtrack of this stellar book.

*The main characters are given a turn at bat at the end of this book in an afterword devoted to them. Readers can ride that train with the characters to see how their lives turned out in the intervening years. A post-script chapter on the author, Andrea White; the people and their stories who inspired this work and an account of an actual school make this a very effective book. Andrea White is a genius. It's as simple as that.

Out of My Mind is an excellent companion book to this one.