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2022., Pre-adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers Call No: SPORTS F ROE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her widowed father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels; she has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) has started treating her differently: urging caution and trying to "help" and for an independently-minded girl who loves speed and big air tricks it is frustrating--so Emelyn and her best friends come up with a plan to change their minds.
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c2008., Front Street Call No: Young adult FIC ROE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Dane, an athlete who likes to ski, has developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a paralyzing disease that has committed the high-school senior to a hospital bed indefinitely. Physically therapy is painful and as his disdain grows more immediate, either Dane's icy mind will crack, or the young man will learn to thaw.
