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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Paralympic athletics, cycling, archery, and triathlon events. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's individual sports. Readers will be introduced to some rules and how they differ from their Olympic counterpart. Includes Q & A features, table of contents, photo captions, glossary, further resources, and index."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina's story--from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness; to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals, where she is tortured in the quest for a cure and made to feel that her body no longer belongs to her; to her rebellion and her activism in the disability...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
May is the founder and sole owner of Word Saver, Inc. She solves problems on her own. However, when a tornado threatens the town, May quickly realizes that teamwork may be the word of the day.--
84) Waiting for Eden
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. His friend and fellow soldier--who didn't make it back home--narrates this novel on loyalty and betrayal, love and fear"--
Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xix, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her...
86) I, Claudia
Author
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Over the course of her high school years, awkward Claudia McCarthy finds herself unwittingly drawn into the dark side of her school's student government, with dire consequences"--
Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of Imperial Day Academy, but is pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council. Suddenly, Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students that she never expected to have ... and isn't...
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
"The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
34 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Come join Mila and her family on their journey as they navigate the world of hearing loss, hearing aids and cochlear implants! Mila refers on her new born hearing screening, and her family begins to navigate this new world. After two years, Mila's hearing drops and she quickly becomes a candidate for cochlear implants. Her family does not know what to expect, and neither does Mila. We touch on an ABR, initial diagnosis, the listening booth, the cochlear...
90) Honey
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 16
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Peterson family has a new puppy, Honey the golden lab, to foster, and Charles sets about trying to find her a perfect home.
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
93) Cyclone
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blaming herself when the cousin she dragged onto a roller coaster falls into a coma, Nora struggles with unendurable guilt and tries to help when her cousin awakens with challenging disabilities.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
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...
95) Party problems
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Emma is excited about her best friend Izzie's birthday party, but she is also a little worried because she is deaf and communicates through sign language, and her cochlear implant does not work well in noisy crowds.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The boom in trained service animal use and access has transformed the lives of travelers with disabilities. As a result, tens of thousands of people in the United States and Canada enjoy travel options that were difficult or impossible just a few years ago. Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier provide a narrative guidebook full of essential information and salted with personal, hands-on stories of life on the road with service dogs and miniature horses....
98) Dangerous
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved.
100) Hummingbird
Author
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
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