Wild boy the real life of the Savage of Aveyron
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- ISBN: 0763663697 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780763663698 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : ill.
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electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographic references. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Electronic resources
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2013 May
Gr 4â6âWho was the boy found naked in the forest by French villagers in the late 1700s? How had he gotten the scars that lined his body? How old was he? While he appeared to be about 10 years old, he could not tell his own story, because he could not talk. In understated, atmospheric prose, Losure carefully relates the recorded observations of the "men of science" who examined and/or educated the wild boy, finding the evocative details that hinted at his inner life while painting a vivid picture of the misty forests and hilltops the boy would have called home. Smudgy, gestural charcoal drawings accompany the text in this beautifully produced book, depicting the boy's struggles as his (usually) well-meaning captors attempted to domesticate him. Losure is careful not to make any 21st-century conclusions about the boy's condition. While she offers speculation about his early life and how he ended up alone in the woods, she brings up contemporary diagnoses such as Asperger's syndrome only in an author's note. Abundant source notes and a strong bibliography make this lyrical, readable book a wonderful nonfiction choice.âPaula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD
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