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43) The stolen light
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Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Ved Mehta was born in 1934 in the city of Lahore, India (now in Pakistan). He lost his sight at the age of four after an attack of spinal meningitis. Schools for the blind were almost nonexistent in India at that time, so Mehta traveled to the U.S. at age fifteen to attend the Arkansas School for the Blind. His story in The Stolen Light begins three years later, as he starts his freshman year at Pomona College in California" --publisher.
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[2005]
Description
"Johanna, Rasheedah, and Rachel each became an unmarried mother while she was still in her teens. With the birth of her baby, each girl's 'ordinary' teen life was over. After Rasheedah's baby was born, all she could do was cry. She didn't know anything about babies. She didn't even dare touch this screaming, demanding stranger. Her depression grew as her dreams of college vanished into thin air. Rachel wanted to be popular. Boys liked her. But...