Choldenko, Gennifer
Summary: Ten-year-old Liam and his two younger sisters, precocious third-grader Dakota and second-grader Izzy, who has Down syndrome, face the possibility of losing their beloved dog, Cupcake, who keeps urinating on their apartment's carpet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOLowry, Lois.
Summary: Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Summary: It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA BARWalters, Minette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M WALWright, Betty Ren.
Summary: A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WRISteinbeck, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall & Co. 1995
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Summary: While helping police officers Esther and Lon investigate a suspicious death at her group home, nineteen-year-old Sal Miyake, who is mentally challenged, gains insights into herself and makes new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARRamey, Stacie
Summary: Rather than be placed in a special school for psychologically-challenged students, Dylan, six months from turning eighteen, sets out on the Appalachian Trail, where he makes surprising connections with other hikers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAMSpanogle, Joshua.
Summary: Called in by the CDC after three mentally handcapped women with the same mysterious symptoms check into the same Baltimore hospital, Dr. Nathaniel McCormick is caught in a web of deceit as he follows the trail of a lethal virus to California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SPABodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.)
Summary: Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Stuve-BodeenKeyes, Daniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall & Co. 1995
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Summary: A thirty-two-year-old mentally handicapped man takes part in an innovative scientific experiment to raise his intelligence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC KEYGroom, Winston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1994
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Summary: Watching their children move out and live independently is a difficult task for many parents--but for George and Mary Ann McCray, it's nearly impossible. Even though Todd, their disabled son, is in his twenties, George and Mary Ann fear that he cannot thrive without their support and supervision. But Todd is determined to be his own person--and he has a dog named Christmas and an entire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2012
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Summary: Having learned essential life skills from his grandmother that helped him overcome his low IQ, a man finds himself without a caregiver at the age of thirty-one and wins a fortune by playing the lottery, a windfall that brings him more family than he ever wanted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2008
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Wood, Patricia
Summary: Having learned essential life skills from his grandmother that helped him overcome his low IQ, Perry finds himself without a caregiver at the age of thirty-one and wins a fortune by playing the lottery, a windfall that brings him more family than he everwanted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnams' Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION WOOHamilton, Jane
Summary: When Aaron Maciver's beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers brain damage in a bike accident, she is left with the intellectual powers of a six-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION HAMFaulkner, William
Summary: The story of the tragic Caddy Compson, as seen through the eyes of her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic Quentin, and the monstrous Jason.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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Summary: A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1970
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BYAHamilton, Jane
Summary: When Aaron Maciver's beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers brain damage in a bike accident, she is left with the intellectual powers of a seven-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAMILFaulkner, William
Summary: First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason. From the Trade Paperback edition. The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FAUWood, Patricia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007