Tells the extraordinary true story of an angry young boy from the inner city who grew to become one of the world's leading pediatric neurosurgeons.

Rev. ed. of: Gifted hands. c2009.

Broken home, shattered dreams -- Beantown rats, spiders, and change -- The dumbest kid in fifth grade -- Racial prejudice and a Spelling Bee -- A change and not for the better -- Temper, temper -- ROTC and college choices -- Learning at Yale -- Ben and Candy -- Medical school struggles -- Maranda Francisco -- Patrick and Benjamin Binder -- The Makwaeba twins-why? -- Another set of twins-from Zambia -- An impossible operation -- Cancer -- The Bijani twins : Ben's toughest case yet -- Do you have a brain? -- Thinking big.