Petey

This book is about a man named Petey who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As a baby his parents gave him up to a mental facility were he would spend the rest of his life. One day a Mexican man named Esteban had been interviewed for a job at the infants ward in Warm Springs Insane Asylum. He had become a dear friend of Petey, the only friend he ever had. Esteban asked the nurse what is wrong with Petey. She told him he is an idiot which means he cant think. One day at the end of his shift, Esteban gave Petey a piece of chocolate. Esteban instructed Petey to nod his head if he wanted the piece of chocolate. At first Petey did not respond, until a week later. Much to Esteban's surprise, he began nodding his head for the chocolate. He rewarded him with a whole chocolate bar, a few days later Esteban was fired for sticking up for Petey. One week later the ward had found a retarded kid living on the streets named Calvin. They brought him to the facility and he became Petey's best friend forever. Another dear friend of Petey who had worked at the facility was Joe. Joe cared for Petey and Calvin like his own sons. he played with them and brought happiness to their lives. The best gift they received was two plastic guns from Joe for Christmas. They pretended to be cowboys. A few months later Joe worked his final shift at the ward, he moved away for better life Petey and Calvin were devastated. When Petey and Calvin turned twelve years old they were moved to the men's ward, they were always made fun of for acting so immature. Petey made a new friend Cassie who worked there as well. She was beautiful. When her husband got out of the war she moved back to New York. Petey was devastated once again. Twenty years later when Petey was fifty, someone named Owen started to work at the men's ward he gave Petey's life back again. After five years, he got too old for the job and left Petey. Unfortunately Calvin, his best friend, was transferred to another facility and Petey was going to be moved into a nursing home once again.I liked this book because it described a persons life with cerebral palsy in detail.I used the techniques of visualization and I was able to determine the importance.This book was written by Ben Mikaelson.