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Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hamzat, a boy from Chechnya, stepped on a landmine in 2001 when Chechens were at war with Russia, which caused so much damage that his leg had to be amputated and his family had to seek asylum in Britain to escape persecution and war.
22) Taking my life back: my story of faith, determination, and surviving the Boston Marathon bombing
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"On April 5, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blast of a homemade bomb packed with nails and screws went off three feet away, Rebekah's legs took the brunt of the explosion, protecting her son from certain death. Seventeen surguries later, she finally made the decision to have her left leg amputated. The stirring memoir tells the story...
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
A retired paratrooper who became a quadruple amputee as the result of injuries sustained in an IED blast in Afghanistan, the author describes how his faith and his mantra of "never give up--never quit" has helped him rebuild his life.
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Melissa Stockwell has been a restless force of nature from the time she was a little girl speeding around her neighborhood on her bike, to her tumbles and spills as a high-level gymnast and Olympic hopeful, to joining the ROTC in college as an outlet for her patriotism and love of America. After 9/11, she was deployed to Iraq as a commissioned Army officer, where she suffered the injury that would change her life forever. After a long and challenging...
25) How we roll
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
After developing alopecia, Quinn lost her friends along with her hair, and after an accident, former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.
26) Stronger
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the true story. Jeff Bauman, a working-class Bostonian, was at the 2013 marathon when the bomb blast occurred and he tragically lost both of his legs. After regaining consciousness, Jeff was able to help law enforcement identify one of the bombers, but his own battle had just begun. Jeff's deeply personal journey tests a family's bond and defines a community's pride as he overcomes adversity to become the living embodiment of ''Boston...
Author
Series
Sofia (Henning Mankell) volume 1
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After a shell leaves his body mangled on the final day of World War I, young Joe Bonham lies trapped in a hospital bed. He is a fully conscious quadruple amputee who cannot speak, hear or see. He is left to wander within his own mind and goes between his harsh reality and memories of a happier life long gone. Delve into the mind of a man lost somewhere on the edges of sanity and insanity, life and death.
29) Rolf
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A dachshund loses his hind leg in an accident and finds his life's calling as a therapy dog"--
Author
Publisher
Schaffner Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"He had been through hell—his own and the devil's—and had emerged free of hate, free of encumbrance. If the person who had laid the bomb that took his legs were standing before him, Greg knew he would lay down his own weapon in forgiveness. The waypoints were becoming clearer. He would recover his body as well as his soul. In military jargon, the word “waypoints” refers to guideposts on a map used to direct soldiers in or out of...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"On October 3, 2005, Kapacziewski and his soldiers in a Stryker vehicle were coming to the end of their tour in Northern Iraq when their convoy was attacked by enemy fighters. A grenade fell through the gunner's hatch and exploded, shattering Kapacziewski's right leg below the knee, damaging his right hip, and severing a nerve and artery in his right arm. He endured more than forty surgeries, but his right leg still wasn't healing as he had hoped,...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Military hero and beloved Dancing with the Stars alum Noah Galloway shares his life story, and how losing his arm and leg in combat forced him to relearn how to live--and live to the fullest,"--Amazon.com.
Galloway sheds light on his upbringing in rural Alabama, his military experience, and the battle he faced to overcome losing two limbs during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From reliving the early days of life to his acceptance of his "new normal" after...
33) Driven to ride: the true story of an elite athlete who rebuilt his leg, his life, and his career
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"When "Monster" Mike Schultz won snowboarding gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea, it was the culmination of a decade of reinvention, in every sense of the word. Ten years earlier he'd lain bleeding on the side of a mountain after a devastating snowmobile accident. Now he stood tall on the Paralympic podium, supported by a prosthetic knee and foot of his own creation. Driven to Ride chronicles Schultz's improbable journey following a lifesaving amputation....
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
"M*A*S*H meets Scrubs in a sharply observant, absurdly funny, inspiring, and totally unique debut memoir from a physical therapist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the birthplace of physical therapy and the world leader in prosthetic rehabilitation for injured war veterans"--
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Paralympic champion swimmer and gold medalist Jessica Long celebrates the importance of dreaming big and the power of being different in The Mermaid with No Tail. As a baby, Jessica was adopted from a Russian orphanage. Her legs were amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. Despite this, Jessica has become a world-class swimmer and one of the most decorated athletes of all time. Dive into this illustrated picture book based on Jessica's...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When her father returns from the Iraq War as an amputee with post-traumatic stress disorder, Hannah escapes by volunteering to work with rescued horses, never thinking that the abused horses could also help her father recover.
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