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Series
Publication volume no. 0022
Publisher
Stuttering Foundation of America
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In this book, updated to reflect the latest research on stuttering, you will find answers to the questions most often asked by parents who are concerned about stuttering and their child. These answers will enable you to work with your child in ways that will contribute significatntly to the helathy and normal development of fluency."--[Foreword] / Jane Fraser, President, The Stuttering Foundation (p. iii).
Author
Publisher
Indigo River Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt story about a young boy who struggles to overcome his stutter while finding the courage to accept it, When Oliver Speaks is the story of an underdog who learns to rise. The story comes from a place of personal experience in that co-author Saadiq is a person who stutters and has done so for as long as he could speak."--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explains about stuttering and its many causes, with first-hand accounts to demonstrate how a child who stutters feels, and provides clear information about the support needed at home and at school, as well as resources for therapy.
Author
Series
Publication volume no. 31
Publisher
Stuttering Foundation of America
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"This book is written for all children who stutter. It talks about: - what makes you stutter, - why sometimes you stutter and sometimes you don't, - why some people don't understand why you stutter, - what others should know about stuttering, that a lot of other kids stutter too, and - what to do if you are teased about stuttering."-- provided by publisher.
Series
Publication volume no. 0009
Publisher
Stuttering Foundation of America
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Articles written by men and women who stutter themselves and who are now or have been speech pathologists.
Series
Publication volume no. 0011
Publisher
Stuttering Foundation of America
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This book represents the thoughts of many experts in the field of stuttering, all of whom attach great importance to early intervention of stuttering in the young child.
7) Sadie
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A teen activist and artistic prodigy presents this picture book inspired by his own life that follows a boy who has trouble with words until he learns, with paintbrush in hand, that finding your voice isn't about being perfect--it's about being true to yourself.
10) The boy toy
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A woman ready to give up on love discovers that age is truly just a number in this heartwarming and steamy new romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Nicola Marsh. For almost a decade, successful thirty-seven-year-old Samira Broderick has used her bustling Los Angeles practice as an excuse to avoid a trip home to Australia. She still resents her meddling Indian mother for arranging her marriage to a man who didn't stick around when the going...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back"--
12) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter.".
13) Say it out loud
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Self-conscious of her stutter, Charlotte says nothing as her best friend is bullied, but as the school year goes on she realizes some things are worth speaking up for.
15) Batting order
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
16) Wildoak
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.
18) Mighty inside
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants-especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere-not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane-is making...
19) Golden arm
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he has a chance to get drafted by the major leagues. But playing for the other team means leaving behind his family, including Antonio, Laz's younger brother, who more and more,...
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Jacky Ha-Ha is back and ready for the best summer ever! Living on the shore is all about fun, fun, FUN! With my starring role in the boardwalk's biggest blockbuster performance, a life of fame and fortune is finally within reach. Until I accidentally lose my job, embarrass myself in front of a crush, AND ruin a friendship, all at the same time. My problems can't always be laughed away--but I sure am going to try. After all, they didn't nickname me...
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