Chipper: More Than a Miracle [Paperback]

Gayla Schmutz (Author), Lorraine Thompson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Books; 1 edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562369768
• ISBN-13: 978-1562369767
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,016,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming, courageous and best of all a true story., February 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chipper: More Than a Miracle (Paperback)

This is a very humbling story of a tragic accident that marks a families lifestye forever. Chipper is the result of a severe blow to the head by a very large ponderosa pine tree. His friends frantically try tokeep him alive until life support and air ambulances pick him up. After months in a children's hospital and hours of brain surgery--emerges a totally different person. The Mangum family endure so many hardship-financially, emotionally, socially and spiritually. When Chipper returns home--the schools do not know how to teach this surviver of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), his friends no longer understand him and his family struggles to find a place for him in society. This heartwarming story will melt your heart and I promise you will cry a bucket of tears as you live through the struggles of this family. I will not give the ending away but if you believe in HOPE and MIRACLES--this book is a winner. I was so encouraged by the strength of the human heart and spirit that is probably in all of us. A fantasic true mother's story that she hopes no other mother is forced to live through. A must to read for all ages...only have kleenex handy...you will need it. It makes me want to know more about Chipper and his life today. Sometimes our lives are so full of darkness that we fell their is no light left in the world...this wonderful story has filled my life with so much sunshine, it makes the darkness not so hard to enddure. Thank you for the opportunity for me to comment on this book. I originally purchased this book for my school classroom but have since given many copies away to friends for Christmas. I even undertand a student of mine who was in a motorcycle accident and resulting in a brain injury. I really feel I can teach him after reading some of the wonderful ideas in this book. A real MUST for all classrooms.

5.0 out of 5 stars Words can't describe this book and Chippers endurance!!, July 2, 2006

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C. Reidhead - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chipper: More Than a Miracle (Paperback)

My husband is friends with Chipper. He has known him for a while and didn't have a clue about this accident. Just today his wife was talking to my husband about Chipper's accident, we didn't have a clue, so she gave him a book. Neither of us could put it down. I have become a better person by reading this book. I am truely amazed at the perserverance of this man and the trials he faced. His life is a miracle and a great example to us all. I highly recommend this book to everyone no matter what your situation is. It is very inspirational and has helped me to look at life in a different way.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, very inspiring, April 10, 2004

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Jim (Cedar City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chipper: More Than a Miracle (Paperback)

I would recomend this book to everyone. I grew up with Chipper after his accident, and never really knew what had happed to him, (I didn't want to ask). To here what he had to go through, he is a very tough person. This is a must read.