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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Flight Flight Elizabeth Stow Ellison Twelve-year-old Samantha struggles with how to best help her artistic older brother and parents who will not have him tested for a learning disability. OL13614060W
A Brand-New Me A Brand-New Me Lin Oliver It's graduation time for Hank and all his friendsu time to move on from PS 87 to middle school. Trouble is, there are tests Hank has to pass to get into the same middle schools as his friends, and hi… OL15050776W
The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11 (Hank Zipzer) The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11 (Hank Zipzer) Lin Oliver Hank is failing math, so he has to work with Heather Payne, resident class brain, to help get his grades up. At the same time, Hank's school is putting on a production of The King and I. As coinciden… OL15050795W
Yellow Bird and me Yellow Bird and me Joyce Hansen Doris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies and his part in the school play and discovers that he has a problem known as dyslexia. OL15841199W
The Zippity Zinger The Zippity Zinger Henry Winkler The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year. OL15857234W
The art of Miss Chew The art of Miss Chew Patricia Polacco Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission … OL16686847W
Life magic Life magic Melrose Cooper Crystal's strong family helps her deal with being put in a remedial reading class and discovering that Uncle Joe is dying of AIDS. OL1854137W
Bookmarks are people too! Bookmarks are people too! Henry Winkler Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves… OL19977074W
Fake snakes and weird wizards Fake snakes and weird wizards Henry Winkler "Hank's sister Emily wants Ralph's Reptile Show to perform at her birthday party more than anything, but Ralph is booked solid. So Hank comes up with a plan: he'll disguise himself as a magician call… OL19993797W
Sidetracked Sidetracked Diana Harmon Asher 233 pages ; 22 cm OL20190219W
Probably still Nick Swansen Probably still Nick Swansen Virginia Euwer Wolff Nick, a learning disabled sixteen-year-old, copes with his anger and hurt at being labeled a Special Education student while also dealing with dating and the troubling memories of his drowned sister. OL2660388W
Just kids Just kids Ellen B. Senisi Second-grader Cindy is assigned to spend part of each day in the class for students with special needs, where she finds out that even though some kids may learn differently or have different abilitie… OL487959W
Alexandra Hopewell, labor coach Alexandra Hopewell, labor coach Dori Hillestad Butler Eleven-year-old Alex Hopewell wants to be her expectant mother's labor coach, but first she must convince her family, friends, and teacher that she can handle the responsibility. OL524171W