Petey
by Mikaelsen, Ben
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AR Book Level
4.8
AR Points
6
Word Count
43,342
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
34834 EN
About this book
In 1922, Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.