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21) Song for a whale
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage," everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares...
Author
Series
Place called home (Lori Wick) volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She can't be dead!" the young pastor cried as he looked down at the still, white face of his new bride. Blinded by bitterness, Paul Cameron leaves his church and flees to a logging camp deep in the north woods of Wisconsin. There he wrestles with his loss—unable to get Corrine out of his mind and unwilling to make peace with God. When a falling tree crushes his legs, Paul can run no further. Broken now in body as well as spirit, he must face
...Publisher
Forest Avenue Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvii, 361 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase--or cure--characters with disabilities. These tales imagine such wonders as a shapeshifter on a first date, skin that sprouts orchid buds, and a cereal-box demon. An insulin pump diverts an undead mob. An autistic teen sets out to discover the local cranberry bog's sinister secret. A pizza delivery on Mars goes wrong.
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a few Mexica gods try to put their Maya counterparts out of commission, it's up to Zane and some godborns-in-training to save the universe"--
31) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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.
32) Out of my mind
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
33) Disability
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses disabilities, who has them, the physical and social challenges faced by disabled people, how they can work and play, and what kinds of help are available, with an emphasis on physical disabilities.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxv, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although progress has been made around equality for marginalized groups defined by race, gender, sexual orientation and others - most organizations' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts do not include people with disabilities. Although 90% of organizations claim to prioritize diversity, only 4% consider disability in DE&I initiatives. Yet people with disabilities make up 15% of the population - about 1 billion people worldwide. They are...
38) Sweet Annie
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone treated Annie as a fragile doll because of her deformed hip, except Luke Carpenter. The only times Annie felt like a whole person was when she was with him because Luke challenged her to do things others discouraged her from trying--even becoming his wife"--
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