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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Zion Clark has always had big dreams for himself despite the many hardships he faced growing up as a Black disabled child in the foster care system of Ohio. His childhood years were marked by instability as he moved from home to home, experiencing abuse and neglect. And yet his determination and grit pushed him to become an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer. His constant reinvention led him to activism, speaking out about the failings of the foster...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. The full story of life with Bella has never been told until now. This inspiring family memoir explores what it means to embrace and celebrate the life of each person, and find hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. Bella{u2019}s Gift is the story of how the entire family came...
Author
Publisher
Parenting Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is born deaf, leading her to investigate and expose a preventable virus that causes more childhood disabilities than any other--but is kept quiet by the medical community. One virus causes more birth defects and disabilities in children than any other infectious disease, yet 93% of Americans don't know it exists. In 2015, after an outwardly uneventful pregnancy, Megan Nix's second...
Author
Series
Hope's Crossing volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Evie Blanchard was at the top of her field in the city of angels. But when an emotional year forces her to walk away from her job as a physical therapist, she moves from Los Angeles to Hope's Crossing seeking a quieter life. So the last thing she needs is to get involved with the handsome, arrogant Brodie Thorne and his injured daughter, Taryn.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ian Brown's son, Walker, was born with a rare genetic mutation, cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome. In this book that owes its beginnings to Brown's original Globe and Mail series, he sets out to answer his own questions. As he writes: "What is the value of a life like Walker's -- a life lived in the twilight, and often in pain? What is the cost of his life to those around him?".
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into the woods, never to been seen again. Not to mention that...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From his early childhood, Nathan was bursting with creativity and energy, while struggling with learning issues as well as anxiety and OCD problems. He was often labeled "bad," or as being in need of "fixing." Sally dared to believe that Nathan's differences could be part of an intentional design from a loving Creator with a plan for his life. She trusted that the things that made him different were the very things that could make him great. Now she...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The author's daughter was born with a very rare genetic syndrome and faced a daunting prognosis: she would be a fraction of normal size, have innumerable physical and mental difficulties and likely a shortened lifespan. Now, at age eight she is attending standard public school classes. This is the story of her family's journey"--
Author
Series
Treasure troop volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In the fourth and final book of this code-busting series, Marly, Sai, and Isla are back on the hunt. After their shocking discoveries on Summer Island, the Treasure Troop has one final set of clues to follow before reaching the end of their search. And now our trio must solve the toughest mystery of all: what really happened to Mr. Summerling?"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Maya DiMeo is the mom who will do anything for her husband Jimmy and kids Ray, Dylan, and J.J., her eldest son with cerebral palsy. In season two of this amusing and often unexpected comedy, the family, along with JJ's aide Kenneth, is reunited after JJ's first summer camp adventure. As the new school year approaches, the DiMeos, who have been searching endlessly for the right school support for JJ, are faced with a new and unfamiliar reality: the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate 110 years of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden with this vibrant, contemporary graphic novel retelling! Video games and tech are loner Mary Lennox's main source of entertainment and 'friends' in her Silicon Valley home. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Mary's life is uprooted to New York City to live with an uncle she barely knows and, to her surprise, keeps a gadget-free home. Looking for comfort in this...
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and J.J., her eldest son with cerebral palsy. A single camera comedy about a family with a special-needs teen that is good at dealing with the challenges he faces--and excellent at creating new ones.
98) Embattled
Publisher
Shout! Factory, IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Although a successful fighter in the world of MMA, Cash chooses flight when he finds out his second son is born with a developmental disorder, leaving his first son as caretaker while he continues to make his fortune in the ring. Now grown, Jett decides to follow in his father's fighting footsteps and confront him head-on in the ring, where Cash must face his past in a battle neither father nor son can win.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When staffing changes at Masato's company get him transferred to a dead-end job in the middle of nowhere, more suffering seems imminent for the Azuma family. However, Masato approaches the situtation with aplomb and comes up with new ways to pave the way for Hikaru and thos elike him to become "cheerful working adults"--with surprising results. Hikaru himself seems to be getting closer, bit by bit, to achieving this goal as the Azumas decide to foster...
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