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1) Tangerine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After winning the New York state finals in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest, Jamie's off to Boston to compete in the national semi-finals. But when one of his best buddies runs into trouble at school and a sudden family health scare rears its head, Jamie has to put his comedic ambitions on hold and stand by the people he cares about.
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Out of my mind volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
*Newbery Honor book *Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award This #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Sarah,...
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Out of my mind volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition andpressure are all about.
"In the third episode of James Patterson's bestselling series, Jamie Grimm is one step closer to becoming the best kid comic in the world, but now he's facing his biggest challenge...
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Life of a cactus volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After navigating middle school, ninth-grader Aven, born without arms, struggles with the challenges of high school, which test her confidence, strength, and sense of self. 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. Shes about to begin high school . . . with 3,000 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play...
8) Rules
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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Storm runner volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Zane Obispo faces an impossible choice--to save other godborns like himself from the angry gods, or rescue his father, Hurakan, from his eternal prison.
10) Small steps
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
11) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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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.
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I funny volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
14) The Collectors
Author
Series
Collectors (Jacqueline West) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Overlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them.
15) Felix Yz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Felix Yz chronicles the final month before an experimental procedure meant to separate him from the fourth-dimensional creature, Zyx, with whom he was accidentally fused as a young child.
16) I, funny
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Author
Publisher
Cobblehill Books/Dutton
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive until help arrives.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Set in Pittsburgh in 1952-53, the protagonist is Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness. While recovering from polio, she begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain. Includes author's note with historical background.
19) Willow King
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.
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