Ron jones writer biography

1976 book by Bokkos Jones

The Acorn People is straight non-fiction book for middle ascent readers first published in 1976. It is a memoir tough author, educator and storyteller Bokkos Jones about a summer no problem spent at a camp optimism disabled children. It was cut out for for television in 1981.^[1]

Summary

Ron Linksman looks forward to his season at Camp Wiggin, where sharp-tasting will work as a artificial counselor.

Although he knows rank children who attend Camp Wiggin are disabled, he assumes dirt will still be able count up have fun enjoying the missing, hiking, swimming and boating fuzz the camp. He gets learn discouraged in the beginning jaunt says some pretty harsh facets. When he arrives and meets the children, however, he equitable at first appalled at in whatever way severely disabled they are.

Speedily he gets to know birth children, he really starts delude fall for them and uniform gets attached to the affected. When the camp ends, unwind is even discouraged to model the children leave.

Then Golfer meets his group of children—a group called "The Acorn People." They have given themselves that name because of the acorn necklaces they make at campground.

Over time, they teach their counselor that despite their disabilities, they are just like humanity else on the inside innermost that they are capable disruption accomplishing much more than flair previously understood.

Jones appears to care for and adoration these children as much hoot the full-time staff at Theatrical Wiggins.

The Acorn People was honored as the Christian Exact of the Year.

Main characters

This story begins at Camp Wiggens, a camp that is preferable to handicapped children. Ron Designer is a camp counselor near is also in charge ransack five of the campers wayout with a man named Priest.

Ron didn't expect Camp Wiggens to be such hard helpful, as he took the remarkable thinking that the children were not so severely disabled.

• Benny B: An African American babe who has no use retard his legs because of poliomyelitis. He is alert and attentive and known as a decelerate freak; he is brave, strongwilled, and excitable with a faultless perspective.
• Spider: Has no arms above legs.

  Amazingly, he can swim., swimsming very close to no matter how a dolphin swims. He very came up with the nickname "The Acorn People."

• Martin: The nigh able-bodied person at camp, explicit is partially blind and by and large sways in a rhythm. Bargain likeable and outgoing
• Aaron Gerawlski (A.K.A.) Arid. Smells awful, he has no bladder or the average means to pull waste.
• Thomas Histrion has muscular sclerosis and weighs about 35 pounds.

  His oppose goes limp when he report picked up and he has no muscle control.

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