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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability. When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described “hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn’s disease and tinnitus,” there was no returning to “normal.” Suddenly well-meaning people called her an “inspiration” while grocery shopping or viewed her as a...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him-a queer, Black wheelchair user-challenging bias at the highest echelons...
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Publisher
Elsewhere Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A young, bedridden girl spends her day watching a mobile of spinning horses and uses her imagination to give the seven horses life in a fantasy world.
''Written by the winner of IBBY's Best Book Award, Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi, In the Meadow of Fantasies is one girl's luminous escapade into a land of seven mysterious horses.A young girl with a physical disability gazes up at a mobile of spinning horses from her little pink bed in her room filled with...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lauren “Lolo'' Spencer provides a candid and real inside look into the life of being a person with a disability. This disability advocate embarks on the importance of visibility for the disabled community because representation matters! Words from someone doing the work. Lolo Spencer gained popularity as a YouTube personality. On her platform, Sitting Pretty, she encourages viewers to achieve their dreams through making strong choices. Lolo shares...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Matt Hay didn't know his hearing wasn't the way everyone else processed sound-and like a lot of kids who do workarounds to fit in, even the school nurse didn't catch his condition at the annual hearing and vision checks. But as a prospectivecollege student who couldn't pass the entrance requirements for West Point, Hay's condition, generated by a tumor, was unavoidable: his hearing was going, and fast. Soundtrack of Silence was his determined...
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Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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''In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edge of the woods where nothing is as it seems. When her mom disappears, it's up to Jerry to brave the forest and its demons so she can save what's left of her family. Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry...
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Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Eight years ago, Ethan and Rebecca met, two troublemaking kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a tree house, until Ethan’s mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his only goodbye was a flower on Rebecca’s windowsill. Four years ago, Ethan left for the last time to take care of his mother, who has struggled with addiction his whole life. Two years ago, Rebecca was in a car accident that killed her father. She’s...
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Series
Run on your new legs volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kikuzato, a high-schooler with a prosthetic leg, continues his dreams of being a para-athlete. Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and arguments with his father, Kikuzato stands proud at the start line for his first competition"--
"When the worsening pandemic forces schools to close temporarily, Kikuzato and the other members of the track and field club must find creative ways to keep up their training. The anticipation of his new custom running...
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Series
Run on your new legs volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato is eager to try out his new leg. But even with the improved fit, his worry about falling like he did in his first public race plagues his training for the next. Running is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and between his fear and his fight with Take, Kikuzato isn’t seeing the improvement he hoped his new leg would bring. If he means to succeed, Kikuzato must answer...
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The enchanting classic about a young girl who brings an English country house's garden, and the people it touches, magically back to life.
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden...
11) Zenith man
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Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Part true crime, part courtroom drama, this moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men recounts the case of Alvin Ridley, an autistic Zenith TV repair man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had, and the lawyer who believe in--and proved--his innocence.
''Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating smalltown Southern setting, this is the fascinating true story...
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Series
Show Me a Sign volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"As a young teacher on Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc―and bring back their methods to America! But the endeavor comes at a cost: The missionaries’ plan to “save”...
13) Shiny misfits
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Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
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.
''Bay Ann doesn't think she's a star--she knows it! Now how does she prove it to the rest of the world? This is a hilarious graphic novel about friendship, fame, and fighting for control of your own story,...
14) On-the-go
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Feminist
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful, full-color photos of kids with disabilities celebrate all types of movement and mobility aids (like wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, prosthetics, and service dogs), while simple, poetic text builds both vocabulary and empathy."--
"Beautiful, full-color photos of kids with disabilities celebrate all types of movement and mobility aids (like wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, prosthetics, and service dogs), while simple, poetic text builds...
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Series
Last pick volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Wyatt has become the reluctant leader of those left behind by the alien horde, while his twin sister Sam and her girlfriend Mia create chaos all over the galaxy in an attempt to rescue Sam's parents.
"Earth's last hope are also the last picked, in this thrilling conclusion of Jason Walz's dystopian graphic trilogy, Last Pick: Rise Up. Wyatt is now the reluctant leader of the "last picked"—the disabled, the elderly, and those deemed too young to...
16) Rose wolves
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Publisher
Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This wordless two-color graphic novel is an enthralling fable about disability, companionship, and transformation, set in the haunting beauty of the wild. One day, a little girl picks an unusual flower from an unusual bush in the forest. Overnight, the flower blooms and turns into a magical creature: a rose wolf, missing a leg just like she is missing an arm. Together, the new friends must go on a journey to find where they belong."--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated collection of diverse, remarkable lives inspired by "Overlooked," the groundbreaking New York Times series that publishes the obituaries of notable people whose deaths went unreported in the paper"--
"Since 1851, The New York Times has published thousands of obituaries—for heads of state, celebrities, scientists, and athletes. There’s even one for the person who invented the sock puppet. But, until recently, only a...
18) Cut loose!
Author
Series
Chance to fly volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.
"It’s the beginning of eighth grade, and Nat Beacon is nervous. Not only will she be the New Kid, but the New Kid in a Wheelchair. And the school year starts off rocky: No...
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