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Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to fifteen fascinating disabled athletes and their many achievements, daily challenges, and joys. Includes an author's Note, glossary, and history of the Paralympics"--
43) Gentle's Holler
Author
Series
Maggie Valley series volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that she must put family first.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Disability is a heartbeat away. It's a fact none can deny, but one that few pay much attention to. We all realize life can change forever in a moment, but we seldom think it will happen to us. Ted Stamp was no different. With high school graduation just behind him and college just ahead, he was going through the ordinary motions of work one morning when, while goofing around with a friend, he sustained the spinal cord injury that left him permanently...
47) The Key of G
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Key of G is an award-winning documentary about disability, caregiving and interdependence. The film follows Gannet, a charismatic 22-year-old with physical and developmental disabilities, as he leaves his mother's home to share an apartment with a close-knit group of artists and musicians who support him, not only as paid caregivers, but also as friends. "Together they create a uniquely successful model of supported living, and a compelling alternative...
49) Joel
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Joel Sonnenberg was only two years old when an 18-wheeler smashed into his family's car. In the inferno that followed, he was burned on over 85 percent of his body. This is his story as only he can tell it. Experience the world from Joel's perspective as he takes you on a personal journey with more twists and turns than a Hollywood movie. It's been a life of both great struggles and of tremendous achievement and honor. Yet Joel asserts, "I am just...
Author
Series
Ruby Lu series volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Rip and Red volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in brand-new ways and discover that sometimes radical change is nothing to be afraid of"--
Author
Series
Million dollar series (Dan Gutman) volume 5
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Assisted by his neighbor, Birdie, blind thirteen-year-old Ed "Bogie" Bogard will win one million dollars if he can sink a ten-foot putt in Hawaii's fifth annual Angus Killick Memorial Tournament.
54) Mimi and Dona
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What happens when love runs out of time? For 92-year-old Mimi, who has spent much of her life caring for 64-year-old Dona, her daughter with an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable -- the likelihood that she will not outlive her daughter and the need to find her a new home. Filmmaker Sophie Sartain, Mimi and Dona's granddaughter and niece, respectively, captures the quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo at their most poignant...
55) Apt. 3
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a rainy day two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uncertain they could care for a baby born without legs, Bricker's biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" This is the incredible story of God working out his plan for her life from before day one. From the challenges of growing up different to holding captive audiences numbering in the tens of thousands, readers will discover that Bricker's wit, wisdom, and no-holds-barred...
Publisher
First Run Features Theatrical
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 2009 director Garrett Zevgetis googled the word "Beauty." He had been working on a number of darker-themed documentaries and was determined to find an uplifting story for a future project. The search returned a poignant Helen Keller quote that led Garrett to Perkins School for the Blind outside Boston, a renowned institution where a feature documentary had never before been made. He began volunteering at Perkins. On the last day of his scheduled...
59) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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.
60) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this ₁funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.₂ From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
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