Natalie is completely confused by braille, too, and overall feels like she doesn't want to become friends with the others there. She refuses to participate with Miss Audra, who tries to calmly reason and explain to Natalie why she should learn and practice to use a cane and be able to get to the store by herself, which is the final test. She takes the typical subjects, like social studies, but also takes mobility and braille classes. Rose says it's going to happen, she ends up in the dorms at the Center for the Blind. She really doesn't want to leave her friends, but when Dr. Plot Summary: Natalie refuses to believe she is going to go blind, even if her eyesight is getting worse and worse. I give this book a rating of 4 not especially for the quality of the plot and the writing but for the insight a teenage reader can gain about the sightless and their world. Cummings tried to present blindness not as a disability but as a life challenge to be conquered. I as a reader was empathetic to Natalie’s worries and concerns and my thought is that Ms. I was very impressed with the author’s detail regarding the adjustments that one has to make to survive as a blind person in a sighted world.

The book would be an easy read for an early teen but the subject matter would be very valuable for any teen. Will she hide from the world or will she be brave and find a way to be successful in her new world. She has difficulty accepting the changes she must make in her life.

Natalie’s world is turned upside down when she has to leave her family, her school, and her friends. In order to prepare her for a future as a blind person in a sighted world, Natalie’s parents send her to a school for the blind. Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings is about fourteen-year-old Natalie who is losing her eyesight due to a congenital eye disease.

Blindsided by priscilla cummings