The awakening of HK Derryberry : my unlikely friendship with the boy who remembers everything

Bradford, James L., 1943- author.

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HK Derryberry came into the world with the odds stacked heavily against him. He was taken from his unmarried mothers womb three months prematurely when she was killed in a car wreck. After ninety-six days of seesawing between life and death, HKs grandmother took him home.

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Derryberry, HK

Memory

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ISBN:

9780785216209
0785216200

Description:

viii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Awakening of H.K. Derryberry

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Prologue: An aimless existence
A twenty-five-cent cup of coffee
The pint-sized pickpocket
Groundhog Day
"I'll never forget you for the rest of my life"
Precious Pearl and the family tree
Quittin' time
Life-giving decision
Miracle baby
Sunday's child
Reality sets in
Borrowing my eyes
School challenges
Brenda's surprise
No tree, no lights, no Santa
"I just know dates"
"Will you stay until I say my prayers?"
"Don't worry; Mr Bradford is a good driver"
Bluegrass and friends
Cover story
"You know, I'm famous"
The world's best blind pilot
Proud to be a Rotarian
Divine intervention
William returns
Driving and riding blind
Football rivalries
The game jersey
Dreaming big
Sixteenth birthday
Speaking to thousands
The flood
A gift of memory
King of the prom
"I think she would have loved me"
Epilogue: New life awakening

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2410400

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