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Author
Pub. Date
2014
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's her theory.)"--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Lexile measure
AD 390L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A girl with a disability explores every facet of the ocean during a day at the beach. A girl spends an entire day exploring the seaside with her mom. A keen observer, she sees the ocean as both 'big' and 'small' and both 'sparkly' and 'dull.' It's also 'dotted and spiraled and wavy and straight.' Her ocean is full of sounds--it 'splashes and crashes' and 'laughs and hums.' But, at times, it's silent. She is inspired to examine and celebrate every...
6) Let it glow
Author
Series
Enchanted Pony Academy volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discouraged when she realizes it's harder than she thought to ride with the children, Electra hopes she can find her perfect match and become a royal pony.
Author
Publisher
Kindle Direct Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of the time a brave, young boy got his first set of hearing aids! Follow Maxi on his journey into the world of hearing. Maxi will inspire you to see beyond what is on the outside and to love unconditionally. This is a perfect book for the family, which teaches a beautiful lesson. All proceeds from this book will help finance hearing aids for children whose families cannot afford them. If they can hear, they can compete." -- page...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Early one morning, a young boy wakes to the light of his alarm clock. He puts on his hearing aids and clothes, then goes to wake his father. Together they brave the cold as they walk down the dirt road that leads to the beach. Lakin's understated story reminds readers that sometimes the best way to communicate doesn't involve words, while Steele's watercolor illustrations show that beauty is never far away.
9) Look up!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
190L
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustration ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a girl in a wheelchair calls to people far below to look up and see her, one finds a way to brighten her day.
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 2
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like her. She cracks eggs with her feet and measures sugar and flour with her feet (plus measuring cups) since she was born without arms. And now Aven has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon for baking at the county fair. So she teams up with her friends Kayla, Emily, and Sujata. But it turns out they...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
WONDER IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY!
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.
From the very first day Auggie and Julian met in the pages of R. J. Palacio's life-changing book Wonder,...
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face.
From the very first day Auggie and Julian met in the pages of R. J. Palacio's life-changing book Wonder,...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body.
Estrild is not like the other girls in her village, she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her...
14) Rain reign
Author
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Struggling with Asperger's, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet.
15) Hummingbird
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
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."
Author
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. The gardens surrounding the large property are Mary's only escape. Then, Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and locked with a missing key. With the help of...
17) Oh brother
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Second edition.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
127 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Lauren is worried what will happen when her new friends realize her brother is disabled"--
18) Out of my heart
Author
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and 'friends.' When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret...her...