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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.
Author
Publisher
Star Bright Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Meet Sydney, a girl who likes the same things other kids doriding her bike, playing baseball, and hanging out with her friends. Sydney also has cerebral palsy, which makes walking, talking, and using her hands difficult. Sydney shares her first hand account of life with cerebral palsy in I Have Cerebral Palsy so that others can understand what her life is like. Most importantly, Sydney wants her story to help other kids feel more comfortable around...
10) 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.
11) 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.
12) Stuck in neutral
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
ix, 114 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.
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...
15) 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.
16) Cerebral palsy
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of cerebral palsy, as well as current research and possible ways of preventing this disorder.
Author
Publisher
CNM Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Karen A. Gorr was born in 1937 and developed debilitating physical challenges shortly thereafter due to a prolonged illness. Her mother was a single parent with another disabled child and no familial support. When her mother became ill, she placed her children in an institution for the "feeble-minded" since no other facilities stepped up to help. Karen spent 10 years of her childhood there, and she constantly longed to escape the abuse, isolation,...
Author
Pub. Date
1960
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Winner of two Christopher Awards and the Golden Kite Award: This national bestseller is the true story of a girl with cerebral palsy and the family that wouldn't give up on her In 1940, when Karen Killilea was born three months premature and developed cerebral palsy, doctors encouraged her parents to put her in an institution and forget about her. At the time, cerebral palsy was considered untreatable, and institutionalization was the only recourse....
19) 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.
20) 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.