Going with the Flow
Illustrator
Janice Leep Porter
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9781575050690
Pages
39 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Mark changes schools in mid-year, he is angry, lonely, and embarrassed by his deafness, but he soon begins to adjust. Includes information about deafness. When he has difficulty adjusting to his new school, where he is the only deaf child, fifth-grader Mark is helped by a friend & by becoming part of the basketball team.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disbaility; deaf; deaf child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
moving; basketball; friendships; new school; adjustment; New Jersey; sign language; reading lips; feelings
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Blatchford, Claire H., "Going with the Flow" (1998). Diverse Families. 1584.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1584