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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"AMPossible: real-world solutions for amputees to accomplish the impossible offers a glimpse into the realities of limb loss for those who experience it and answers the many questions amputees often have surrounding their very immediate medical needs as well as the long-term challenges, both physical and emotional, amputees must face"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
3) Just a kiss
Author
Series
Summer Harbor novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered in Afghanistan"--
"Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered in Afghanistan...Watching the love of his life falling for his brother was enough to send Riley straight to boot camp. But over a year later, he's officially a marine, and Beau and Paige are...
4) Unstoppable
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Harrison, a foster kid in a cruel home, knows his dream of playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then his luck changes. He is brought into a good home, and his big build and determination quickly make him a football star. But his good luck ends when a cancerous tumor on his knee causes his leg to be amputated. The story of his recovery and return to playing football is inspirational.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it's hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples...
Author
Series
Pawtriot dogs volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Former US Army rescue dog Sergeant "Rico" Ricochet and his friends work together to save an animal shelter"--
7) Ninja Nate
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A boy adopting a ninja alter ego to cope with a new disability finds the courage to share all of himself in this action-packed and heartfelt picture book from the author of My Rainy Day Rocket Ship. Nathaniel, or, as his friends call him, Ninja Nate, has been dressing like a ninja all summer long—even sleeping in his suit. And he doesn’t plan on stopping for his first day of fifth grade, especially when he has been hiding his robotic leg under...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"David Aguilar was born missing part of one arm, a small detail that seemed to define his life and limit people's ideas of who he was and who he could be. But in this funny and heartfelt memoir, David proves that he can throw out the rulebook and people's expections and maybe even make a difference in the world--and all with a sense of humor. At only nine years old, David built his first prosthesis from LEGO bricks, and since then he hasn't stopped...
9) Kingpin
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An old ex-pro with one hand and a Amish bowling prodigy team up to raise money to enter the national championships.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment,...
11) How we roll
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.
13) 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?
14) Change of plans
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When disaster strikes and chef Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three young nieces, her life goes from cooking with fire...to controlling a dumpster fire. Five year old Addison refuses to remove her fairy wings, eight year old Cecily won't bathe, and tween June is majoring in belligerence. With all this chaos, Bryce jettisons hope for a life outside of managing her family and her new job. It's been years since Ryker Matthews had his...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Surviving a shark attack that cost her an arm, Jane, an aspiring artist, reevaluates her ambitions and sense of identity while harboring a crush on her attractive tutor and considering a relationship with a boy from her science class.
16) Moon brow
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Before shrapnel severed his left arm during the Iran-Iraq war, Amir Khan lived the life of a carefree playboy. Five years later, his mother and sister Reyhaneh find him in mental hospital for shell-shocked soldiers and bring him home to Tehran. His memories decimated, Amir is haunted by the vision of a mysterious woman he believes is his fiancee. Wildly inventive and radically empathetic, steeped in Persian folklore and contemporary Middle East history,...
Author
Series
What happened to you? volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Imagine you were asked the same question again and again throughout your life... Imagine if it was a question that didn't bring about the happiest of memories... This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground... Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play Pirates. But as usual, one after the other, all the children ask him...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The fighting has ended, the Armistice signed, but the war has left wounds that are still agonizingly raw. Battlefield Nurse Bess Crawford has been assigned to a clinic for amputees, and the Welsh patients worry her. She does her best to help them, but it's clear that they have nothing to go home to, in a valley where only the fit can work in the coal pits. When they are released, she fears that peace will do what war couldn't--take their lives. Their...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Mariatu set out for a neighborhood village in Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured, and both of her hands cut off. She turned to begging to survive. This heart-rending memoir is a testament to her courage and resilience. Today she is a UNICEF Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
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