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1) Small steps
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, was cursed to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year; he could only be saved if a girl fell for him. But at the end of each autumn he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction ... and destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. Washington, D.C. native Harper Lacy's father is long gone, her mother is dying, and her brother constantly underestimates her because of her cerebral palsy....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of war.
Author
Series
Cursebreaker volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone--even Harper, as she desperately tries to help him find a path to peace. Meanwhile, Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow with a gentler hand than her mother. But after enjoying...
7) Roll with it
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
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.
8) Petey
Author
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.
9) Time to roll
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
201 pages ; 22 cm
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.
10) Woodpecker girl
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition hardcover.
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that rendered her wheelchair bound. One day, her art teacher affixed a paintbrush to her forehead with a headband. From then on, the little girl was able to express herself and freely explore the world through her paintings.
11) It's my life
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
While facing disturbing revelations about the cause of her disability, a high school junior with cerebral palsy is on the verge of giving up on herself until she learns that her childhood crush has moved back into town.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"All thirteen-year-old Houston Stewart has ever wanted is to become an astronaut. His dreams feel like they're finally coming true when he's accepted to the highly-competitive Junior Astronaut Recruitment Program--if only he could bring his little brother, Robbie, with him. Ever since their dad left, Houston and Robbie have been inseparable. It's hard to tell where Houston's love of space ends and where Robbie's begins. But Robbie's cerebral palsy...
14) Wild and crooked
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury YA
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kalyn, living under a pseudonym, and Gus, who has cerebral palsy, get caught in an uproar in Samsboro, Kentucky as the truth about the brutal murder of Gus's father by Kalyn's father comes to light.
15) I will dance
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Eva's cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to do many things, but she longs to dance and, finally, her dream is realized.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-olds Daisy, a talented violinist with cerebral palsy, and Noah, a great cellist with severe anxiety, plan to use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition, but when they are chosen to play a duet, they worry their differences will sink their chances.
18) Reaching for sun
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"11-year-old Meranda thought her life was complicated enough with her weak legs (she needs crutches to walk because of cerebral palsy) and her helicopter parents. She lives in Calgary but has always felt drawn to the East Coast, where her parents grew up...though she's never visited. Her mother, a pediatric ER doctor, has all the excuses: it's too far, it's too expensive, it's not safe near the water. When her great-uncle Mark dies, Meranda's parents...