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The Door in the Wall The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli,Paul Champanier,Linda Stewart From the back cover of Scholastic Inc. copy of this book: By Marguerite de Angeli, recipient of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, the Regina Medal, and the Newberry Medal. The bells clang above… OL112822W
Small steps Small steps Louis Sachar Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record, and everyone expects the worst from you. Th… OL116257W
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
Enrique speaks with his hands Enrique speaks with his hands Benjamin Fudge A young deaf boy feels isolated and misunderstood until he is taken to a neighboring village where he meets other deaf children and discovers sign language. OL11977749W
The last girls of Pompeii The last girls of Pompeii Kathryn Lasky In Pompeii, in the summer of A.D. 79, Julia and Sura appear to lead opposite lives. Julia is the daughter of a wealthy ship-builder; Sura is an orphan. Julia bears the Curse of Venus—a withered arm; … OL121825W
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
Green Light Green Light Lloyd C. Douglas *** Those who have read the book have much to say about this (and other) quality workings of Lloyd Douglas, so please be sure to check out ''community reviews'' at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/s… OL12590W
Sapphira and the slave girl Sapphira and the slave girl Willa Cather Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works. OL12821W
Best friend on wheels Best friend on wheels Debra Shirley A young girl relates all the ways she and her best friend, Sarah, are alike, in spite of the fact that Sarah uses a wheelchair. OL13759706W
Double take Double take Kevin Michael Connolly Double takeA rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance has not been completely grasped at first.Kevin Michael Connolly is a twenty-thre… OL13847425W
Who are the handicapped? Who are the handicapped? James Haskins Discusses the causes and limitations of various disabilities including blindness, deafness, orthopedic defects, and brain injury, how these handicaps can be overcome, and attitudes toward handicapped… OL14865471W
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
Reflections from a Different Journey Reflections from a Different Journey Stanley D Klein "As the mother of a son with profound physical disabilities, I want every parent of a child in similar circumstances to read this remarkable eye-opening book. The lessons it brings from adults with d… OL15183145W
See you tomorrow, Charles See you tomorrow, Charles Cohen, Miriam. The first graders learn to accept the new boy, who is blind, as just like themselves. OL15218496W
Stuck in neutral Stuck in neutral Terry Trueman Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition. OL15392955W
I can't always hear you I can't always hear you Joy Zelonky When Kim, a hearing-impaired girl, begins going to a regular school after having been in a special one, she finds that she isn't as different as she had feared because everyone she meets has individu… OL15843384W
Encyclopedia of American Disability History Encyclopedia of American Disability History Susan Burch This work focuses on the importance of disability in American history, the need to explain disability in historical rather than medical terms, and the varieties and similarities of the historical exp… OL8510483W
Cripples' club Cripples' club William Bell,Bell, William Though extremely intelligent and highly skilled in Shaolin self-defense, fifteen-year-old George Ma is crippled by loss of memory - the result of a horrific incident in his past. The agents of Geo… OL879290W
The Amputee's Guide to Sex The Amputee's Guide to Sex Jillian Weise xvii, 91 pages ; 21 cm OL8836676W
Safeguarding Adults Safeguarding Adults Jackie Martin 93 p. ; 21 cm OL9320070W
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