This Life Story biography series is for middle grade.
On January 8, 1942 one of the greatest scientists was born – Stephen Hawking. Both of his parents were highly educated. Stephen’s grades were average, but his classmates noticed how clever he was and called him “Einstein.” When he was working on his PhD, he was diagnosed with ALS disease. At twenty-one, he was told that he had two years left. He defied the odds, dying at seventy-six.
The first half of his story has chapters which are short, with very brief information jumping a few years between the events. The information is more involved in the second half. His character development comes through in the second part.
Hawking’s disability gave him a different platform. It didn’t take him down. It showed him that every moment counts. He passionately advocated for many things: encouraged disable people to reach for the stars and them being able to have access to different places on wheelchair, caring for the planet. He was also against the Brexit as that wasn’t the way to deal with interlaced economies.
There are limited black and white illustrations, which seems to be the norm for this age group.
Published in 2019 by Scholastic
TRENDING
INSPIRATION: Positive mind set.
Traits:
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His grades were average at school, and he didn’t
let it defy him
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His was very clever, and used it as his power
force to achieve great things
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He didn’t let the disease of ALS to defy his
life
· He advocated for disable people as he believed they were capable of doing as much as others
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it faith." - Carl Jung
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