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Méndez, Jasminne

Summary: A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEN

Sumner, Jamie

Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019

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Catchpole, James

Summary: Imagine you were asked the same question again and again throughout your life... Imagine if it was a question that didn't bring about the happiest of memories... This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground... Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play Pirates. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber Limited 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAT

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAT

Guerrero, Tanya

Summary: Moving to the Philippines with his zoologist mother, twelve-year-old Pablo struggles with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GUE

Ostler, Scott

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OST

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC OST

Forrest, Claire

Summary: Effie Galanos has her heart set on a college in NYC with a major in Mass Media & Society that will set her up perfectly for her dream job in digital media. She's never been to New York, but paging through the brochure, she can picture the person she'll be there, far from the Minneapolis neighborhood where she's lived her entire life. But with her needs as a wheelchair user, is she setting her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC FOR

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOR

Bowling, Dusti

Summary: New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BOW

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Roxy for a school project and learns about her family life as someone with special needs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Seeger, Pete

Summary: Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEE

Cervantes, Jennifer

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CER

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CER

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CER

Gehl, Laura

Summary: May is the founder and sole owner of Word Saver, Inc. She solves problems on her own. However, when a tornado threatens the town, May quickly realizes that teamwork may be the word of the day.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEH

Patterson, James

Summary: Teaching other kids how to be funny is the toughest gig that Jamie Grimm has ever had, and with the highest stakes. If he fails, his school library will be shut down for good! Even though he has a national contest trophy and a TV show under his belt, Jamie Grimm isn't one to sit back and relax. When his school has a major funding crisis, Jamie hits on a bright idea to save the day--a comedy...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2017

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Plohl, Igor

Summary: "Lucas the Lion discovers the Paralympics--where physically disabled world-class athletes exemplify strength, determination, and courage"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLO

Plohl, Igor

Summary: Lucas the lion learns how to live life with a phsyical disability with help from his friends and family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLO

Sumner, Jamie

Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUM

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUM

Fletcher, Tom

Summary: "Move over, Rudolph! It's time for the Christmasaurus to lead Santa's sleigh. The Christmasaurus is a dinosaur who lives with Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole. More than anything, he wants to fly with Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve! But no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to figure out how to fly. . . . Until one Christmas Eve, when he meets a young boy in a wheelchair who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE FLE

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