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42) Keller's heart
Author
Series
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Raven, a girl who is deaf, adopts a blind and deaf puppy and together they encourage others to judge not by what they see, but rather by what is within.
44) The book of Boy
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability; traces his ongoing achievements as an activist.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
47) All he knew
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
48) Roll with it
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yearning for life in a cloistered scriptorium, thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, escapes her scheming cousin Ivo and joins her servant Judith and an old friend, Parz, in hunting dragons and writing about them.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
237 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that she must put family first.
51) Time to roll
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.
52) The circus train
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena--who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio--yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life...
53) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A boy named Joe is trying to play pirates at the playground but he keeps being asked what happened to his leg. Bombarded with questions and silly suggestions, Joe becomes more and more fed up, until the other kids finally understand they don't need to know what happened. And that they're wasting valuable playtime!
Based on the author's real childhood experiences, this honest, funny, and authentic picture book is an empowering read for anyone with...
56) Wintering well
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Will Ames and his sister Cassie go to stay with their sister in nearby Wiscasset, Maine, after a disabling accident ruins Will's plans for a career in farming.
57) The sessions
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
[English, French or Spanish dialogue version].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist, a sympathetic priest, and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and achievements of Helen Keller, a woman left blind and deaf by a fever at the age of two. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, Helen learned to communicate and went on to become a famous writer and speaker.
59) Ice rink rookie
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pilar Ramirez loves to skate on ice, and normally she does not keep being born without part of her right foot a secret, but when her best friend convinces her to try out for the local hockey team Pilar decides not to mention her condition--but hockey presents her with some problems that plain skating did not, and Pilar needs to learn that being part of a team means being open with your teammates, so that they understand all your strengths and weaknesses....
Author
Series
War volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.