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Helen Keller Helen Keller Fiona MacDonald A biography detailing Helen Keller's adventurous life as she worked tirelessly to lead the way for handicapped people. OL11756011W
A Picture Book of Helen Keller A Picture Book of Helen Keller David A. Adler A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf. OL121578W
Miss Spitfire Miss Spitfire Sarah Elizabeth Miller At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline … OL12275048W
Secondsight Secondsight Robert V. Hine He knew he was going blind. Yet he finished graduate school, became a history professor, and wrote books about the American West. Then, nearly fifty, Robert Hine lost his vision completely. Fifteen y… OL12770152W
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding #1) Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding #1) Bruce Alexander Falsely charged of theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old orphaned printer's apprentice Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in the legendary Sir John Fielding. Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Run… OL14136W
Helen Keller Helen Keller David A. Adler A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller. OL15047562W
Things that are Things that are Andrew Clements Still adjusting to being blind, Alicia must outwit an invisible man who is putting her family and her boyfriend, who was once invisible himself, in danger. OL15101260W
Sees Behind Trees Sees Behind Trees Michael Dorris A Native American boy with a special gift to "see" beyond his poor eyesight journeys with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty. OL15738622W
Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot J. J. Gardner,Vera Chapman When the magic sword Excalibur is stolen from King Arthur, Camelot is plunged into darkness and despair. A spirited young girl named Kayley decides to find the sword and return it to the King, but ca… OL15798598W
See you tomorrow, Charles See you tomorrow, Charles Miriam Cohen The first graders learn to accept the new boy, who is blind, as just like themselves. Charles is the new boy in the first-grade class, and he is blind. His classmates want to be helpful. Should they … OL15851971W
Ray Charles Ray Charles Sharon Bell Mathis As a young boy he fell in love with music, and as a man, the world fell in love with his music. Ray Charles and his soulful, passionate rhythms and melodies have been embraced around the world for de… OL15867281W
The window The window Jeanette Ingold When she comes to live with relatives on a Texas farm, fifteen-year-old Mandy encounters the grandmother she never knew and begins to come to terms with her blindness caused by the automobile acciden… OL158965W
Rocky Mountain match Rocky Mountain match Pamela Nissen "When blindness strikes carpenter Joseph Drake, the prospect of a lifetime of darkness fills him with despair. But then his brother hires Katie Ellickson. The strong-willed, confident teacher knows w… OL16013672W
Seeing things my way Seeing things my way Alden R. Carter A second-grader describes how she and other students learn to use a variety of equipment and methods to cope with their visual impairments. OL16026819W
Curious George and the puppies Curious George and the puppies H. A. Rey,Margret Rey Curious George goes to the animal shelter where he accidentally lets all the dogs out of their cages and creates quite a ruckus. OL16512837W
Living with blindness Living with blindness Steve Parker Explains how the eye works and examines the causes of blindness and other eye disorders. Also discusses eye care and how to cope with impaired eyesight. OL16994866W
Timothy of the cay Timothy of the cay Taylor, Theodore 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. Alte… OL17296868W
Blind sighted Blind sighted Peter Moore Kirk, a creative misfit who is in trouble at high school because he is bored with his classes, learns to deal with his alcoholic mother, new friends, and life with the help of a blind young woman who… OL17738681W
A perfect life A perfect life Danielle Steel A mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity status and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world. OL19986215W
Binoculars Binoculars Philip F. DiMeo For over 14 years, Philip DiMeo, a talented cartoonist and social worker, led a double life, masquerading as a fully sighted person, while becoming blind. What prompted him to hide his condition? Pri… OL20029827W
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