Bibliography

Newton, Michael. "Feral Child." Savage Boys and Wild Girls. 2002. Book. 13 April 2010.

• "Children with some human experience before isolation are more easily rehabilitated after discovery."

• " Early years in childhood development are absolutely crucial."

This article gives definitions of "feral" and lists certain cases of children who were found. It talks about the chances of recovery for certain situations.

Thesis= Early years in childhood development are absolutely crucial.

Lopez, Barry. "The Wolf Girl of Devil's River." Of Wolves and Men. 1978. Book. 13 April 2010.

• "During the past forty years, I have, in the country, met more than one wolf face strongly marked with human characteristics."
• "Her hands and arms were well muscled, but not out of proportion, and she lacked the ability to speak."

This article tells the story about a wolf girl who's mother died in 1835, and the baby was taken by wolves. Cowboys spotted her years later, and tried to take her but she got away. She howled and refused to wear the clothes they gave her.

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Pines, Maya. "The Civilizing of Genie." 8 October 2002. Book. 13 April 2010.

• "Genie, unlike 99% of right handed people, used the right hemisphere of her brain for language."
• "One the Mooney Faces test, Genie's performance was the highest reported in literature for child and adult."

This site talks about Genie's situation, and how she became the way she is. It pointed out all the steps taken to help her, and her recovery along the way.

Thesis= Genie, now 24, has stirred up new questions about language and intelligence.

Stewart, Heather. "Feral Children." Neuroscience of the Movies. Web. 13 April 2010.

• "Studies of feral children have led to new methods for teaching children with learning disabilities."
• "Depending on the age at which they are removed from human contact and the age at which they are retrieved, feral children may not ever be able to develop normal communication patterns."

This site talks about the ways the discovery of these people are helping advance research for disabled people in our society.

Thesis= Stories of feral children have intrigued many people for possible clues to the effect of socialization on language and communication skills.

"A list of Isolated, Confined, and Feral Children." Web. 13 April 2010.

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This article gives pictures of hundreds of cases of feral children, and their story. For some of them, they tell whether or not they adapted back to the civilized life, or were left in the wild.