Barry Denenberg

In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.

The Diary of Bess Brennan

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Jeni Enjaian

A review from my old blog...

The Dear America series is probably one of the best historical fiction series for children. I enjoy reading these books even as an adult. Part of that is because I always wonder what life might have been like for a person living in different ages of history and how their life would have unfolded.

From the prospective of a future middle school English (possibly) teacher I definitely would assign at least one or two books from this series to my students.

This particular book is the story of Bess, a girl born with sight who loses her sight in a tragic snow sledding accident. She chronicles, through a sighted person (her twin sister for a large part) her time at the Perkins school for the blind and how she had to learn how to do all of these normal activities she once knew. Even though I wanted her to end up finding love in the epilogue she did not. I definitely enjoyed the book.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall The Diary of Bess Brennan

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