Emmanuel's Dream

Emmanuel's Dream

The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

by Laurie Ann Thompson, Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Hardcover
List Price: $18.99 Sale Price: $16.14

Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.

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