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Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In Different Abilities, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the variety of abilities that people have.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy - despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair. Largely confined...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
©2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages, 16 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports, including...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Who wants to believe their family could ever be broken? Devon and James Payne are brothers and rivals since childhood. But they share an affinity for sports that brings glory to their Connecticut town and promise for the future. Then they're in a car accident. Devon is paralyzed for life, while James goes on to live the dream. For the Paynes, the tremulous repercussions of that evening never settled. Over the course of a decade, Devon decides to visit...
8) Dachy's deaf
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dachy wears a hearing aid. But sometimes, when his friends get too noisy, he likes to turn it off to get some peace and quiet. One day, when his hearing aid is off, Dachy falls asleep and ends up floating down the river towards a waterfall and a hungry crocodile. Can his friends rescue him in time?"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvi, 234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Get ready to become one of the innumerable people inspired by Coach Rob Mendez, who was born without limbs yet powers through life with strength and courage. Who Says I Can't? shares his story of tenacity in the face of adversity"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While some information about accessibility to certain sites may be found online, these insider's guides helps readers find the very best places to visit in 12 US cities. With information about places to visit, tours to take, and the best services for those who are seeing, hearing, or physically impaired, Simon Hayhoe takes readers on a journey of exciting destinations that anyone can enjoy"--
11) Helping Sophia
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ;
Language
English
Description
When Sophia's helper is absent, her fellow third-graders help out by learning how to push her wheelchair.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ruthie Tober's family is known for the beautiful, warm mittens they knit, so when she and her mother meet a deaf woman and her baby and give them shelter, Ruthie decides to design very special mittens for them.
13) Out of my mind
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him-a queer, Black wheelchair user-challenging bias at the highest echelons...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks' cast comes off she dives back into gymnastics training in hopes of making the competitive team, but after volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding center, she considers broadening her interests.
17) Perfect match
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An injured ex-athlete discovers that giving up on the game of life is not an option... As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl--before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
7 CDs (8 1/2 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The stories Hannah Gale’s father told her of breaking wild horses in Nevada one glorious summer when he was her age have captured her imagination. After her dad is called to fight in Iraq, she regularly stops to watch the horses at the nearby stable to feel closer to him, and finally gathers the nerve to ask the owner for a job. There she helps bring a rescued mare back from the brink, takes her first riding lesson, and witnesses the birth of the...
19) Practical improvements for older homeowners: easy ways to make your home more comfortable as you age
Author
Publisher
Hearst Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
192 p. : col. ill., photos ; 26 cm.
Language
English
20) Rules
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
200 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.