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Auch, Mary Jane.
ONE-HANDED CATCH
New York : Holt, 2006
IL 5-8, RL 5.3
ISBN 0805079009
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 Sixth grader Norm tragically looses his hand in a meat grinder helping his father at the family store. Told with humor and a sense of reality, Norm struggles with wanting to succeed and wanting to take the easy way out.  Norm’s father feels guilty regarding the accident and has a hard time coming to terms with the loss but Norm’s mother refuses to allow her son’s disability make him a cripple.  As Norm struggles to come to terms with the reactions of those around him, he discovers music and his drive to play baseball increases. Will he learn to play with one hand? Will he ever be given a chance?   (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2007-2008)
SUBJECTS:     Amputees -- Fiction.
                        Self-reliance -- Fiction.
                        People with disabilities -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.
                        New York (State) History -- Fiction.
                        Historical fiction.

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