This Book is a life story of a girl that has a disability and how she lives her life. Though there are many struggles she has family and friends that support her and help her to be the best she could be. She enjoys playing, drawing, spending time with love ones, her religion and she especially loves ice skating. There are times that kids pick on her but she knows she has to be strong. Her religion is something that she is most proud of as it motivates her to do anything she wants to do.

This is a story about 12 year old Leslie Fish. When Leslie was a baby she developed meningitis. This caused damage to her brain, which gave her mental retardation. Leslie does not like to be called mentally retarded, she prefers handicap. However, after studying People First Language the proper term is disability. Leslie's disability has given her problems in the past, such as losing some of her hearing. Leslie does not let this disability get in her way of enjoying her life. She attends a regular school and has class with everyone else. She has friends, but unfortunately she has bullies also. Leslie is a tough girl and avoids the bullies the best she can! She enjoys ice skating and is very good at it. She is on a Special Olympics Ice Skating team. One year she and her team competed at the National Figure Skating Championship. I really enjoyed this book. I was a bit confused on whether it was written by Leslie herself of Martha McNey. I do however wish that they would have used the proper language. I can read this to my class during either the months of September or October. September is Special Education Awareness month and October is Bullying Prevention Awareness month. ( )

This book reminds me that every grey cloud has a silver lining. The inspiration that should be received from this little girl is in the eye of the beholder. I got it... ( )

About a girl who got meningitis at a young age and became mentally disabled but she doesn't let her disability stop her from doing everything a normal child would do. ( )

Leslie is a little girl who as an infant contracted the disease meningitis. This left Leslie with a disability called mental retardation. This books goes on to tell Leslie's story and has illustrations that show that she is just like every other children. Leslie enjoys skiing with her brother, shopping with her mother and even competed in the Special Olympics as an ice skater. When Leslie grows up she says she wants to help people with physical disabilities. This book, when read, was as if Leslie was telling it herself. This made me really feel connected to Leslie and let me know a little about her life with each page I flipped. ( )