Roxie in color
Roxie loves her parents, but other people can't seem to see past the fact that they're blind -- and they don't really see Roxie, either. To them, she's just “the girl with the blind parents. ” So when her family moves to a new town and Roxie starts seventh grade at a new school, she's determined to...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2026.
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| Summary: | Roxie loves her parents, but other people can't seem to see past the fact that they're blind -- and they don't really see Roxie, either. To them, she's just “the girl with the blind parents. ” So when her family moves to a new town and Roxie starts seventh grade at a new school, she's determined to be known for the other parts of who she is: an artist, an animal lover, and the kind of person who bakes cookies for people she cares about for no special reason. But that means keeping her parents' blindness a secret from the kids at school and definitely not telling anyone that she might inherit the eye condition that caused her mother's vision loss -- at least until they get to know her. |
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| Physical Description: | 319 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781536246605 1536246603 |
| Author Notes: | Stacy Cervenka is the director of the Iowa Department for the Blind and previously led the Blind Parents Group of the National Federation of the Blind. She divides her time between Des Moines and Lincoln, Nebraska, where she lives with her husband and two children. Just like Roxie's family, Stacy and her husband, Greg, are blind, while their children, Leo and Josephine, are sighted. |
