Petey

fiction by Ben Mikaelsen

Blurb

Petey is a children's novel by Ben Mikaelsen, published in 1998 and set in the 1920s and 1990s.
Based on the real-life story of cerebral palsy patient Clyde Cothern, Petey illustrates for children an understanding of people with disabilities, and helps them to discover what these people go through. Re-occurring themes include growth, understanding, wisdom and love that shows that beauty and friendship can be found inside the simplest things.

First Published

1998

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