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Sixteen-year-old Courtney was paralyzed in the accident. Never again will she walk, dance, run, or even leave the convalescent home where she lies in a bed, surrounded by the elderly and dying.
Or will she? When the elderly Elva asks her new roommate to read to her from the 1910 edition of Baedeker's Italy, Courtney reluctantly agrees. Each afternoon, for a short time, the two escape back in time from the darkness of winter in North Dakota. Where there seemed none, together they will find adventure, poetry, beauty, love, and most of all, hope. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Paul Fleischman | | Mass Market Paperback: | 112 pages | | Publisher: | Laurel Leaf | | Publication Date: | March 13, 2001 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0440229014 | | Product Length: | 4.2 inches | | Product Width: | 0.31 inches | | Product Height: | 6.89 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.13 pounds | | Package Length: | 6.9 inches | | Package Width: | 4.19 inches | | Package Height: | 0.35 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.13 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 15 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 "Very Touching and Intriguing!' Jun 07, 2002
By Amy Chang
The Mind's Eye is a great story by Paul Fleischman. In this book, a young girl by the name of Courtney got into a terrible accident and damaged her legs. Because her mother had passed away when she was younger, she lived with her stepfather. Not getting along with him, she was stuck at Home Care while he found a new life with another woman. Although she was lonely at first, she made new friends with Evla, and old woman. Together, they pass their time by imagining about places and things.
This book was introduced to me by Faith, my best friend. After reading it, she described it to me as a very touching story that I would fall in love with. The cover also seemed to look interesting and fun so I went ahead and read it. Even the cover seemed to tell me that this would be a book that I enjoy.
One of my favorite parts were when Elva and Courtney traveled to Italy through their imaginations. As Courtney looked through the map of Italy, they pretended to travel through its museums and wonderful sites. This gave me a feeling of wonder and adventure and I felt as though I was traveling through it, too. I never been to Italy either so I got to experience it through their imagination. It was very exciting and interesting. This is a book that should be read by everyone!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Paul Fleischman succeeds again Jul 26, 2000
In Paul Fleischman's Mind's Eye, Courtney is a sixteen-year-old girl whose father left her and her mother when she was two. Countney did not get along with her stepfather so when her mother died, it made the situation worse. Courtney had a horse accident which has made her paralyzed. Her stepfather put her in a nursing home. She meets Elva who is eighty-eight years old and almost blind. Courtney and Elva take an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 travel guide. Even though the trip is only in the mind's eye, Courtney's need for love makes the journey real. Mind's Eye is a contemporary fiction book written in script.
21 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 A creative exploration into coping and happiness Sep 12, 1999
By james.stiller@sympatico.ca
I have just finished "Mind's Eye" and am 'casting' the roles for my grade 9 class. I have prereading questions at the ready, and can't wait for my readers to present this fascinating drama to the class. I wish I had a couple of beds for the main characters to read from, but since this book deals with the ultra-power of the imagination, what the heck... Am going to search for a Baedeker 'Italy' (as old as I can find) just for authenticity. Many possibilities for discussion. Am sure the students writing will come easily. Truly thought provoking. Beautiful without being overly sentimental. Elva, I miss you.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not Fleischman's greatest work Feb 25, 2005
By S. D. Goodson
I haven't read all of Paul Fleischman's books, so I can't say exactly where it fits in the ranking of his books, but this was not his best. I can say that with confidence since I read "Whirligig" just about three weeks ago, and it was much better than this one. I was a little confused if Courtney was going crazy or what was going on in that girl's head. Did this boyfriend from Italy really exist? The book is just slow and the most character developkment would be from Courtney being tired and not willing do things to crazy and hallucinating. I would not recommend this book unless you just really love to read. If that is the case, I am sure you will get something out of it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Voyage of the mind Feb 01, 2005
By Camille
"at the BookMoot!"
Paul Fleishman's books are always original. I was intrigued by the play-like dialogue format he used in this one.
Sixteen year old Courtney's spinal chord is severed. As her mother is no longer living, her stepfather places her in a nursing home. It is the middle of winter in North Dakota and the snow is falling outside her window. Courtney is the youngest person in the home and her roommate is 88 year old Elva, a former English teacher. Elva's mind is sharp. She is pleased to have Courtney as a roommate. She exhorts Courtney to expand her mind and convinces her to to read aloud from a 1910 edition of Baedeker's Italy so the two of them can take a virtual trip through time and space and tour Italy. They plan their routes and Courtney describes what they are "seeing." Courtney is understandably depressed and attempts to sabotage their "trip" but soon finds her own refuge in this voyage of the mind.
Fleishman has crafted a poignant and thoughtful story about survival of the spirit.
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