![]() Invite students to study the image and consider the developments of brain science. ![]() Claire’s dad’s stoke was caused by an occlusion in the middle cerebral artery (pg 66). Ferrier’s work, then and now, is considered a cornerstone in neuroscience ( ). Just like Claire and her family are stronger for their experiences together, I believe the reader ends the book stronger and with more empathy.įor this primary source pairing, invite students to study a diagram of the brain created by Scottish doctor Sir David Ferrier and published in his book The Functions of the Brain in 1876. ![]() He not only gives us a front row seat to the challenges of middle school and finding yourself, he also gives the readers a play by play on the struggles of taking care of a sick family member. ![]() Harassed at her middle school, not taken seriously at home, and with a “perfect” older brother, Matthew, to live up to, thirteen-year-old Claire has always felt like her life was cursed–then one morning, when she and her beloved father are talking at breakfast, her father suddenly falls over with a stroke, and suddenly everything changes.Īuthor Jordan Sonnenblick has done the remarkable with Falling Over Sideways. ![]()
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