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3) Brian's bird
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Brian, who is blind, learns how to take care of his new parakeet and comes to realize that his older brother, while sometimes careless, is not so bad after all.
5) Tangerine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
7) Tangerine
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2001
Language
English
Description
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.
8) Crossfire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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NYT - Children’s Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Children’s Paperback Books
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Children’s Paperback Books
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
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.
10) Max's fun day
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max and his good friend Don, who is in a wheelchair, have a lot of fun together, whether they are at the park, in the library, or at a restaurant.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
Micky is searching for meaning in her life, and when she meets Leilani, a child with physical disabilities, Micky finds it. Leilani's stepfather believes aliens will heal the girl or take her away with them, so when the family disappears, Micky sets off to find them.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A graphic-novel retelling of Victor Hugo's story, in which strong Quasimodo, stowed away in the bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and treated like a monster, meets a kind Gypsy girl, Esmeralda, and becomes an unexpected hero.
14) Small steps
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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.
15) One-handed catch
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and achievements of Helen Keller, a woman left blind and deaf by a fever at the age of two, who, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, learned to communicate and went on to become a famous writer and speaker.
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