I Am Abel

About the Book

Abel uses a wheelchair because he can’t walk, but that doesn’t hold him back. The children at school used to assume that Abel couldn’t do the things they could do, but that all changed when he won the school spelling bee for his grade. Abel must now confront two school bullies who think they own the school and won’t allow others to play wall ball. Abel tries to inform the bullies that there is enough wall for everyone to play, but that doesn’t seem to work. Abel finds himself, along with his best friend Pouvoir, in a wall ball challenge, with the winners taking the wall.

About the Author

Sharon Balardo, author of the original children’s book, I Am Abel, again shifts the focus to children’s abilities through Abel’s adventures. I Am Abel and the Wall Ball Challenge identifies the need to confront the bully while enhancing the value of inclusion and sharing. Sharon reminds her reader that all children have abilities as identified in her children’s book, I Am Abel and the Wall Ball Challenge.