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2) Blindsided
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"When seventh-grader Eleanor reads an article online claiming that an asteroid will hit Earth in April, she starts an underground school club to prepare kids for the end of the world as we know it."--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Mafalda learns she will go blind in six months from Stargardt Disease, she needs the help of family and friends to retain what is essential to her.--
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As a baby, Helen Keller lost her hearing and sight to a rare illness. For five years, the world around her was a mystery. Then one day, her teacher taught Helen a single name, and her world started to grow. She went on to graduate from college, write books, and travel the country, speaking out for people with disabilities. Helen Keller s world never stopped growing. And her story is a reminder that behind every name is something precious, waiting...
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Safia thought that being blind meant she would only get to go on adventures through her audiobooks. This all changes when she goes to live with a distant and mysterious aunt, Lady Whimsy, who takes Safia on the journey of a lifetime! While the reclusive Lady Whimsy stops an old rival from uncovering the truth behind her disappearance, Safia experiences parts of the world she had only dreamed about. But when an unlikely group of chaotic agents comes...
Author
Series
Peter Nimble adventures volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.
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