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I spark like lightning
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- Book Synopsis
- A Realistic and Accessible Portrayal of a Child Living with EpilepsyIn I Spark Like Lightning, Jen explains what it's like to live with epilepsy. Most of the time, her brain is full of electricity that sends signals to tell her body what to do. But sometimes, the signals get mixed up, like a lightning storm, and she has seizures. They can happen any time-at home, during ballet class, even at the beach. It's hard sometimes, but there are a lot of people who love her and help keep her safe. With the help of her family, friends, and her service dog, Hamilton, Jen manages her epilepsy and appreciates the lightning as part of who she is.Offers an honest portrayal of life with epilepsy, what it's like to experience seizures, and how kids manage itCelebrates disability joy and offers an empowering self-representation for disabled kidsHelps children develop empathy and understanding with first-person storytelling from a child's perspectiveCenters disabled voices by drawing on the author's experience with epilepsyThe Disability Books for Kids series explores visible and invisible disability in the first person, as seen through the eyes of children and written from lived experience. The series builds allyship, challenges ableism, and celebrates difference, empowering and educating all readers. Each book includes an author's note to the reader.
- About The Author
- Jenna Elyse Johnson has been a storyteller ever since elementary school, when her teachers told her she could be a writer. Jenna now writes stories for children that are informed by her life, which sometimes include tales about her service dog, Hamilton, or about her mischievous twin brother. As a disabled author, Jenna's passion is to write about disability joy and to help disabled children feel seen on the page. When not writing, Jenna enjoys teaching enrichment classes for homeschooled kids, doing school visits with her service dog, working at her local independent bookstore, exploring the beach, getting lost in a good book, and discovering new gluten-free and dairy-free recipes. Jenna lives in Folsom, California.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9798885547253
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Free Spirit Publishing, (07 April 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 36
- Weight
- 136 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 254 x 203 x 5 mm
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