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Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
3) Silence
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Stella is a vivacious teen with a deep yearning to become an accomplished Broadway musical star. Her dreams are shattered when a freak accident renders her deaf. Struggling mightily to communicate in a world of total silence, she meets Hayden who has such a pronounced stutter she can easily read his lips because he speaks so slowly. Communication leads to connection and an unexpected romance as they learn from each other and discover their own...
4) Cyclone
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
5) Girl, stolen
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Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.
6) Half a king
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
336 pages : map ; 25 cm
Description
Heir to the throne Yarvi, prompted by the murder of his father, embarks on a kingdom-transforming journey to regain the throne, even though having only one good hand means he cannot wield a weapon.
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 22 cm
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Series
Ruby Lu volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.
Author
Series
Outlaws of time volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Sam Miracle, a disabled foster child, and the adventurous Glory work to save their friend Peter from the Vulture and put their trust in Ghost, a strange ancient creature, to help them fight the forces against them.
11) School of laughs
Author
Series
I funny volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
When a new principal threatens to close the school library, Jamie Grimm tries to save the day by teaching a comedy class for his fellow students.
Author
Series
I funny volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Formats
Description
Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Nine-year-old Jayden loves the outdoors, but his mother is nervous about him playing in their neighborhood. With the help of his neighbor Mr. Curtis, can Jayden help Mama see that nature and beauty are all around?"--
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Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't...
Author
Series
I funny volume 6
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
Comedian Jamie Grimm, accompanied by Uncle Frank, New Aunt Flora, and friends, circles the globe as host of regional competitions, then competes, himself, in the Planet's Funniest Kid Worldwide contest.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
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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...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
9 CDs (10.6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Emily sees her developmentally disabled classmate Belinda being attacked, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most?
20) Half a war
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie delivers the stunning conclusion to the epic fantasy trilogy that began with Half a King, praised by George R. R. Martin as "a fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go." Words are weapons. Princess Skara has seen all she loved made blood and ashes. She is left with only words. But the right words can be as deadly as any blade. If she is to reclaim her...
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