A Wheel Life Lesson

Author: Noel Gyro Potter

Illustrator: Joseph Cannon

Title: A Wheel Life Lesson

Genre: Children’s picture book

Sub genre: wheelchairs, friendship

Theme: fiction

Primary and secondary characters: Marshall, Tate, Mom, Dad, Art

Date: 2009

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Publisher Company: Magic Wagon

Brief summary on how to use for students:  This book is made specifically to show awareness on “daring to be different”. This book lets students know that they should not be dared into anything by anyone including friends because any situation can turn into something dangerous.

Summary: Marshall and his family are at the park and he decides to practice his martial arts. While practicing, he notices that at the top of the hill there is a girl that is sitting in a wheelchair by herself. He asks for her name and she says it is Tate. Tate was in a wheelchair because when she was nine, her friends dared her to dive off a dock and she did not see the no diving sign and she became paralyzed. He decides to introduce her to his family and includes her in a basketball game with his brother and friends. He helps her become more confident about herself and they become friends.