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Child of the Silent Night

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I LOVE this book! This book is talking about Laura Bridgman.Laura is blind,deaf,mute and she can't smell or taste.Laura had a illness called Scarlet Fever.She had this illness when she was two years old! Her brother and sisters had this illness also.But only she lived out of all the children in her family! I felt sorry for Laura Bridgman when I read this book.This is a really sad story.

I read this book with my daughter. I did not know of Laura Bridgman before reading this book. It was a fascinating book. Her neighbor that was very close to her helped her in many ways before she even went to the Perkins Institute. It is wonderful that she was able to learn so much. It makes you realize how much we take for granted.

When I was a child this was one of my favorite books. The Helen Keller story always sickened me, the bratty kid left to terrorize her family. But I could relate to Laura. She was quiet and reflective and curious. Her story is much more gentle and Mrs. Hunter made it a pleasure to read. Mrs. Hunter is a fantastic historian and worked very hard to reconstruct Laura's life and make it accessible to children. The older I've become the more I appreciate Child of the Silent Night and the impression it had on my childhood.