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Planet of the Blind

By: Stephen Kuusisto
Narrated by: Brian Keeler
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Blindness in the 1950s was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight. For a child frantic to fit in, each day was an exhausting pretence. He managed to ride a bike, when even reading involved pressing his nose to the page and painfully forcing his eyes to concentrate. Head up, he strode through a carefully memorized labyrinth of streets, hoping to fool passers-by that he could actually see.

©1998 Stephen Kussisto (P)1998 W. F. Howes Ltd
Art & Literature Authors People with Disabilities Poetry United States World Literature
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