Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

Contributor(s): Tammet, Daniel (Author)

ISBN: 9781416549017

Publisher: Free Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$19.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$30.75 (100+ copies: $30.00)

List/retail price:

$19.00

Pub Date: October 16, 2007

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2007282726

Lexile Code: 1170

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: 19 to 19

Physical Info: 0.65" H x 8.44" L x 5.72" W ( 0.52 lbs) 256 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000120721 ( Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant)

Reading level: 7.90

Interest level: UG

Point value: 13.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans story.

Brief description: Daniel Tammet is a New York Times bestselling writer, linguist, and educator. He grew up in London, and briefly taught English as a second language in Lithuania. He has been extensively studied by scientists at California's Center for Brain Studies and at the Cambridge Autism Research Centre. Find out more at DanielTammet.net.

Review Quotes: "Artists and poets would give their best simile to perceive things with the same kind of vividness...For anyone interested in the workings of a truly 'beautiful mind, ' Born on a Blue Day is a banquet." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

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