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Children with disabilities Children with disabilities Fiction Children with disabilities Juvenile fiction Enfants handicapés Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Friendship Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Large type books People with disabilities Fiction Single mothers FictionDrabble, Margaret
Summary: Her promising career in 1960s London interrupted by an affair with a married professor that renders her a single mother, Jessica Speight faces wrenching questions about responsibility, potential, and compassion when her sunny child reveals unique needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Drabble 2013Stroker, Ali
Summary: "Ali loves to dance, sing, and act. But she had never thought of putting on her own show until her neighbor asks, 'Why wait?' Immediately energized, Ali gets to work. There's so much to do before showtime--choosing the right musical, auditions, rehearsal, costume and set design--but Ali can do anything with her family and friends. When a storm threatens to undo all their hard work, Ali must use...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STRPetranek, Michael
Summary: "Peppa makes a new friend at school! He name is Mandy Mouse. Mandy is fun, fearless and a lot like Peppa. She also uses a wheelchair to get around!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PETBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: "Logan is organizing a pet playdate at his greenhouse for all of his friends, and his treats won't be the same without his carrots. He's searched and searched, but his greenhouse is filled with plenty of plants and Logan needs our help to identify them. What do we know about carrots? They're long, orange, and have bushy leaves at the top--and, wait a moment, is that a carrot? No, that's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022
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Summary: Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month. But when her teacher's lunch bag is taken and Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing, can this perceptive detective crack two cases at the same time?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC BOWNastro, Caroline
Summary: "Amelia is shy, finding solace in fairy tales but finds the courage to make friends with her new neighbors and embark on an adventure in her new wheelchair with the help of a litte bird outside her window." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NASRahman, Bahram
Summary: Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2021
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Summary: Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory. She can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom, the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. Melody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: There is lots to learn about the new girl at school. She does not like beans. She does not like to tell jokes. And, she has a physical disability. Join Mimi's classmates as they ask questions about different abilities and make a new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DOLLandon, Michael
Summary: When her husband leaves her for someone whose time isn't wrapped up in a silent, handicapped kid, Mary and little Jack are out on their own in a world that has no room for the poor and disabled. But then arrives The Gift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LANPicoult, Jodi
Summary: After her daughter contracts a fatal disease, Charlotte O'Keefe must confront some serious questions that ultimately lead to one final epiphany: what constitutes a valuable life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2009
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PICSparks, Nicholas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction SpaSparks, Nicholas.
Summary: Taylor McAden's devotion to his work as a volunteer fireman has left no room in his life for love, but when he becomes involved in the search for four-year-old Kyle who has disappeared following an automobile accident in which his mom, Denise, was injured, Taylor develops feelings for Denise that he cannot deny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPAKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: When Micky Bellsong encounters Leilani Klonk, a disabled girl, and her stepfather Preston Maddoc, she finally finds some purpose in her troubled life, but when the family disappears, Micky embarks on an arduous mission to find them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KOOBrown, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Lynn)
Summary: "An emotionally charged novel about family -- the slow accumulation of wrongs that drive us apart and the unlikely paths that lead us home again. Piper Hart has poured all her energy into raising her son, Fred, while her often-absent husband, Isaac, has poured all his energy into a career defending the wrongly accused. She's always told herself her son is perfectly normal, but somewhere deep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROSilver, Marisa
Summary: In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Her arrival, fervently anticipated and conceived in part by gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, stuns her parents and brings outrage and scorn from her community. Pavla has been born a dwarf, beautiful in face, but as the years pass, she grows no farther than the edge of her crib....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SILSteel, Danielle
Summary: "Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children finds a focus. When Zoe falls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STETerrell, Jaden
Summary: Nashville P.I. Jared McKean has a weakness for women in jeopardy, until one frames him for murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Permanent Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TERButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: "Marly, Sai, and Isla are back on the hunt. After finding Mr. Summerling's hidden treehouse, they've discovered a new set of clues for them to follow, leading them straight to the heart of their mysterious neighbor's life: his house. The same house Marly has been living next to all of these years, which, they discover, is filled with hidden rooms and staircases. With just a few scraps of papers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BUTBowling, Dusti
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWZayid, Maysoon
Summary: Bay Ann is sure her tap dance will shine at the school talent show, but when her crush, Alyee Maq, catches her before she falls (which was his fault anyway) and gets all the "fame" she is determined to beat him at his own attention-seeking game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC WEILarson, Kirby
Summary: Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Olive suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life. When she is finally allowed to attend school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. Olive hopes to find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby. If she can prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted. - adapted from run-on sentence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022