Characters from Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Ben Carson - When this doctor is up against impossible odds, he prays to God and always finds a way.

Sonya Robinson Carson - The author credits this person, who has only a third grade education, for his high level of success.

Candy Carson - This person meets the author at Yale, becomes his friend, and later marries him.

Craig and Suan - This couple convinces the author to perform a risky surgery on a brain tumor, a result of a rare disease that one of them suffers from.

Benjamin & Patrick Binder...
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