Catalog Search Results
2) Roll with it
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022 Bluestem Award Nominees
2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
Baking Class (WPL-Youth)
More Lists...
2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
Baking Class (WPL-Youth)
More Lists...
Description
Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Author
Series
Collectors (Jacqueline West) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Overlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them.
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
April Showers (kids)
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
For Fans of... Percy Jackson & the Olympians (SCPL-YS)
More Lists...
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
For Fans of... Percy Jackson & the Olympians (SCPL-YS)
More Lists...
Description
Zane spends every day exploring the sleeping volcano in his backyard. A mysterious girl named Brooks shows up at Zane's doorstep, insisting that they meet at the volcano. Brooks tells him that the volcano is actually a centuries-old prison for the Maya god of death, whose destiny is directly tied to Zane's. Brooks shows him that he is at the center of an ancient prophecy that could mean the destruction of the world. Zane finds himself entangled in...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Disability Pride Month
More Lists...
Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Disability Pride Month
More Lists...
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.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
Green Hills Staff Favorites - Youth Books
OBD Patron Picks Winter Reading 2022-2023 (Adult)
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
Green Hills Staff Favorites - Youth Books
OBD Patron Picks Winter Reading 2022-2023 (Adult)
Description
"After Mary Lennox's parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected garden back to life - and her own transformation begins. This...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"While on a mission to win the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic regional competition, New York middle schooler Jamie Grimm copes with rival comics and bullies, a buddy in trouble, and a sudden family emergency, all with a sense of humor and a loyal group of friends." --
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Disability Pride 2022
OBD Hinsdale Central High School Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
More Lists...
OBD Hinsdale Central High School Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
More Lists...
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.
12) Going bovine
Author
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to find a cure after being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old boy, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital.
13) Out of my heart
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing's out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she's going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions,...
14) What Katy did
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.
15) The book of Boy
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.
16) Bluish: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Effie Galanos' goals for her senior year include her navigating her way through her high school that is not really wheelchair-friendly, getting into the perfect college, and getting her crush Wilder to accompany her to the prom--but by spring she is beginning to see herself entirely differently.
18) Willow King
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.
19) Shark Girl
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.
20) The ables
Author
Series
Ables volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of a teenager named Phillip who is blind and is told by his father that Phillip has telekinetic powers. He attends a school for those with similar powers but soon finds that others harass him because he is put in a special education class. He and his friends call themselves the Ables and discover that a malevolent force is going after humans." --
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request