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41) Liberty
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Fish has a knack for inventing. His annoying neighbor, Olympia, has a knack for messing things up. But when his latest invention leads Fish to Liberty, a beautiful stray dog who needs a home, he and Olympia work together to rescue her.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016].
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
309 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the time she was a crippled baby, left in a church, Maggie's life has never been easy but when she glimpses her destiny in a magic mirror, she goes off on a quest to find her father and, along the way, finds happiness, as well" --
43) Fade to us
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Brooke's summer is going to be EPIC -- having fun with her friends and a job that lets her buy a car. Then her new stepfather announces his daughter is moving in. Brooke has always longed for a sibling, so she's excited about spending more time with her stepsister. But she worries, too. Natalie has Asperger's--and Brooke's not sure how to be the big sister that Natalie needs. After Natalie joins a musical theater program, Brooke sacrifices her job...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size. To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin. But as Davey's...
Author
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee. One moment can change a life forever. Fifteen-year-old Izzy has it all -- a loving family, terrific friends, a place on the cheerleading squad. But her comfortable world crumbles when a date with a senior ends in a car crash and she loses her right leg. Suddenly nothing is the same. The simplest tasks become enormous challenges....
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...
49) The collectors
Author
Series
Collectors volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Overlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
GN 510L
Physical Desc
177 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Orphan Mary Lennox arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, sour and miserable. With the help of a clever robin and her new friend Dickon, Mary discovers a neglected garden and a lonely boy named Colin. Together the children bring life to the garden and joy to one another.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
279 pages : photographs ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks, her best friend Chloe, and competing on her wheelchair racing team, the Zoomers, to name a few. But theres one thing shes absolutely OBSESSED with: MUSICALS! From Hamilton to Les Mis, theres not a cast album she...
Author
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stowed away in the bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, strong Quasimodo is treated like a monster. Then he meets a kind gypsy girl, Esmeralda, and he becomes an unexpected hero when he saves from an unjust sentence of death.
Author
Series
House of robots volume 3
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (approximately 4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Robots on strike! Sammy's underappreciated mechanical helpers cause chaos in the house! It's up to Sammy and his disabled sister Maddie to keep the peace until his inventor mom reveals her secret project...and why it was worth the wait" --
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
637 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
56) Hummingbird
Author
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."
57) Cursed
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent juvenile inflammatory disease diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school." -- Provided by publisher.
58) I, Claudia
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
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...
59) Rules
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
Description
Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy. If she can make it to her eighteenth birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home. Her only friend is Chance, the one-winged hawk at the zoo where she...