Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
By Gregg Lewis and Deborah Shaw Lewis Since your library is celebrating nonfiction during November, it is fitting to blog about a nonfiction book. Gifted Hands is the biography of Ben Carson. Carson tells of growing up in a single parent household where they were so poor that their mother had to take on a second job and they moved in with relatives. In addition to being poor, Carson also had to deal with racism and being the class “dummy.” Although Carson has no control over his economic status as a child, and he can’t control racism, he discovers he does have control over his academic status. Once Carson begins to challenge himself academically, he finds success. However, the challenges still are present in his life, as the book traces Carson’s medical school struggles, his toughest neurosurgical cases, and his own health problems. This is an inspirational book of a man who has overcome the odds. In addition, it is an easy read.
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gail
2/3/2015 09:35:05 pm
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Cash L.
2/8/2015 10:57:09 pm
I think this book sounds good because it is a event that really took place. I think it sounds very interesting.
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eli clayton
2/8/2015 11:32:08 pm
this book sounds really good
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shane
2/9/2015 01:16:52 am
sounds like a book
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Shane Paige
2/9/2015 01:21:08 am
It sounds like a really good book.
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Noah robben
2/9/2015 03:08:49 am
it sounds like a good book because this is real life
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Jasmine Miller
2/9/2015 03:15:16 am
This seems like an amazing book because I am the kind of person who loves hearing true stories.
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Trevor Nicholas
2/11/2015 11:01:31 pm
Why is there so many happy ending they need more suspense or sad ending then make a new book... or something like that.
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konnor petersen
2/12/2015 12:34:46 am
This book has good description and detail
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Bailey
2/12/2015 12:39:34 am
I have seen the movie version of this book and it is amazing! I would like to read the book to compare it to the movie.
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Alex
2/12/2015 01:35:04 am
This book has a great plot
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