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Accidents of Nature (unabr.). 4 cassettes or 5 CDs. 5:41 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2006. cassette, ISBN 0-7393-3571-5: $35; CD, ISBN 0-7393-3562-6: $45.
Gr 9 Up--Jean, an intelligent 17 year old with cerebral palsy who is wheelchair bound, goes to Camp Courage, a summer "Crip Camp," for the first time in Harriet McBryde Johnson's powerful novel (Holt, 2006). She's the only handicapped student at her normal school, has non-handicapped friends, and has never really seen herself as different. Jean has no idea what she's in for during her 10 days at camp. Everyone there has a label: spazzos (CP), walkie talkies (handicapped …