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1) Hummingbird
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 provided.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing's out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she's going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions,...
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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.)"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her family's one-room apartment. Her bitter mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. But when her little brother, Jamie is going to be shipped out of London to escape World War II, Ada doesn't waste a minute: she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in two kids. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grader Hester Greene suffers from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, plus anxiety, which is why she loves making movies where she is behind the camera and in complete control of the action---but if she cannot improve her Language Arts grade, she will not be allowed to enter her video in The Hoot (a showcase of student work) and write a satisfactory ending to her middle school career.
7) Lucky me
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bruno's friend Sanjay has his own room and a pet iguana. His brother, Mateo, who is visually impaired, has a dog named Rocco who helps him get around, and Mateo is a fantastic storyteller. Bruno doesn't have a pet, and he has to share his room with Mateo, but he still feels like the luckiest of all to have such a great brother and amazing friend."--
8) Air
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her 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) have started treating her differently: urging...
Author
Series
Where in the garden? volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 turnip. Where, oh, where could those carrots be? Can you help...
10) Max the champion
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Enchanted Pony Academy volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discouraged when she realizes it's harder than she thought to ride with the children, Electra hopes she can find her perfect match and become a royal pony.
2-3.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
When 12-year-old KT Wynn learns that she has to move from Iowa City to Florida, she's distraught. Not only does she have to leave behind her best friends and the only home she's ever known, she also has to deal with being the new kid in school. And she's especially worried about how her wheelchair, Sprinkles, will affect things. On the bright side, she'll still have her big sister, Lucy, with her, and she'll even get to see a dolphin--her favorite...
13) Janine
Author
Series
Janine (Maryann Cocca-Leffler) volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Janine is one of a kind. She focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She makes a difference just by being herself"--
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"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." --
15) In your shoes
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school, who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncle's funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way ... and it is the beginning of everything." --
17) Thukpa for all
Author
Publisher
Karadi Tales Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tsering can't wait to taste his grandmother's delicious noodle soup. He invites a string of friends and neighbours home. But as preparations get underway, there is a power cut and the house is plunged into darkness. Will Abi be able to put together the much-anticipated thukpa?" --
18) Woodpecker girl
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition hardcover.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that rendered her wheelchair bound. One day, her art teacher affixed a paintbrush to her forehead with a headband. From then on, the little girl was able to express herself and freely explore the world through her paintings.
19) My ocean is blue
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A girl with a disability explores every facet of the ocean during a day at the beach. A girl spends an entire day exploring the seaside with her mom. A keen observer, she sees the ocean as both "big" and "small" and both "sparkly" and "dull. It's also "dotted and spiraled and wavy and straight." Her ocean is full of sounds -- it "splashes and crashes" and "laughs and hums." But, at times, it's silent. She is inspired to examine and celebrate every...
20) Look up!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 29cm
Language
English
Description
When a girl in a wheelchair calls to people far below to look up and see her, one finds a way to brighten her day.
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