Jimmy, who is deaf, attends Career Day where he meets deaf adults with varied and interesting careers, who communicate using sign language. Includes diagrams illustrating signs for some of the words in the text.
Recounts the life of Helen Keller, who had lost her sight and hearing by age 2, focusing on her early childhood and how her teacher Anne Sullivan succeeded in teaching her to understand the manual alphabet.
Personal challenges such as learning disabilities and deafness do not prevent twelve-year-old Matthew and his friends from having a summer filled with adventure.