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-- Ninety-five pounds of hope2003., Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From his first day, school had been torture for Gregory and it got progressively worse, until he was expelled in eighth grade, but through all his difficulties, Gregory could count on support from his grandfather, until his grandfather became ill and needed support from Gregory.
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2017., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Adventure Fic Watson Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his younger brother's accident--one more event in a long list of awful life events--Caleb Tosh's mom walks out on the family. Sick of it all, Caleb retreats into the virtual-reality game he plays obsessively, The Boneyard. With everything in his real life so awful, Caleb's only happiness comes from that game, and before he knows it, his reality and virtual reality seem to become the same thing in his quest to Ascend and become Worthy.
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2006, Adolescent, Holt Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities.
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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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2020., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.
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2020., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: HISTORICAL F FRO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: FIC FROST Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
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[2017], Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: MYSTERY F WER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An unlikely group of allies comes together to save themselves when their parents seem to be plotting to have them all killed.
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2007., Juvenile, Speak Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When two lonely teenagers, one the son of a widower rabbi and the other the sister of an autistic twin, are drawn together by a tragic accident, they discover they have more in common than they guessed.
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c2012., Primary, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Union Square Kids Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.
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-- Sleuthing machine.[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Sterling Children's Books Call No: Gold Fiction BOWLING Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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.)"--
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c2004, Pre-adolescent, Knopf Distributed by Random House Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A recluse, having written stories peopled with beloved characters, releases them into the world on hot-air balloons, hoping they will find life and return to him.
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2014., Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a horrific accident leaves her blind, fifteen-year-old Emma, one of seven children, eagerly starts high school as a sophomore, and finds that nearly everything has changed--sometimes for the better.
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2011, c2010., Juvenile, Puffin Books Call No: Realistic Realistic [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world.
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2021., Primary, Branches/Scholastic Inc. Call No: F Ell Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Unicorn diaries Volume: 5Summary Note: Merbaby Flo was born with only one fin, unable to swim--so Bo and the other unicorns set out for the Shiny Sea to find the Golden Fish and ask Goldie to use his magic to help baby Flo.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Historical Fiction FIC MUR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.
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[2014]., Primary, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: Gold Fiction WINKLER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves the show when a rival suffers an attack of stage fright.
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2019., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Orphaned thirteen-year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
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2019., Juvenile, LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Call No: SPORTS F OST Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Orphaned thirteen-year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
