What would you do if you knew you were going blind?

Accept it?  Deny it?  Learn to deal with it?  Any of these reactions would and DO make sense in Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings.  Natalie is 14, and she has a disease that is slowly robbing her of her sight.  Her parents enroll her in a boarding school for the blind so that she can be taught strategies to cope. She doesn't want to be there - she's sure she's different from "them" - and she fights against learning Braille or how to use a white cane.  But as she slowly makes friends, she develops both skills and an inner strength that she'll need when some scary events take place, with one event ending in a sad and unexpected way.  Not only does the story seem very real (the author spent time studying blindness; her detailed knowledge is evident in her writing), but the way the teenagers react and speak is authentic.  The book will appeal to many middle school (and possibly high school) readers; I'd especially recommend it to fans of Shark Girl or The Running Dream.