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Muddy Four Paws (We Love Animals, #1) Muddy Four Paws (We Love Animals, #1) Jean Ure When Clara and Jilly first see the suitcase in a ditch, they don't expect it to yelp. The noise-maker turns out to be Mud, an abandoned dog--and they really want to keep him. The problem is with Mom.… OL11292918W
My brother made me do it My brother made me do it Peg Kehret In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, … OL116144W
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
The Orange Houses The Orange Houses Paul Griffin Meet Tamika Sykes - Mik to her friends (if she had any). She's hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks for… OL12375447W
The dark days of Hamburger Halpin The dark days of Hamburger Halpin Josh Berk Being a hefty, deaf newcomer almost makes Will Halpin the least popular guy at Coaler High. But when he befriends the only guy less popular than him, the dork-namic duo has the smarts and guts to fig… OL13745255W
Friends everywhere Friends everywhere Donna Jo Napoli The Little Angel of Friendship watches over Patricia, a nine-year-old deaf girl, as she moves from the family farm to the city and tries to make friends with hearing people. OL14912124W
Secret star Secret star Nancy Springer Fourteen years old, dirt-poor, and unable to remember anything that happened to her before she was ten, Tess is happy living with her wheelchair-bound stepfather, until a scarred young man finds her … OL14957530W
Wheel wizards Wheel wizards Matt Christopher Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelve-year-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and finds that his life is not o… OL15108757W
The great quarterback switch The great quarterback switch Matt Christopher Can Michael and Tom read each other's minds? Michael and Tom Curtis are identical twins who share a love of football. Unfortunately, because of a tragic accident, Michael must watch from the sideline… OL15108802W
The Cardturner The Cardturner Louis Sachar From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.How are we supposed t… OL15168579W
Amelia lends a hand Amelia lends a hand Marissa Moss Amelia had expected to have a quiet summer, but instead she makes friends with a deaf boy who moves in next door, deals with her grouchy older sister, has an asthma attack, and goes to a family reuni… OL15228665W
Stand straight, Ella Kate Stand straight, Ella Kate Kate Klise A fictionalized biography of Ella Kate Ewing, born in 1872, who was eight feet tall by the age of seventeen and who became financially independent by traveling the country for nearly twenty years app… OL15530625W
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
Nick joins in Nick joins in Joe Lasker When Nick, confined to a wheelchair, enters a regular classroom for the first time as a result of U.S. Public Law 94-142, he and his new classmates must resolve their initial apprehensions about main… OL15870269W
White crane White crane Sandy Fussell Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not onl… OL15881790W
Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll Sunny Seki After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk an… OL16183989W
King of the mound King of the mound Wes Tooke Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the grea… OL16485756W
I Funny I Funny Chris Grabenstein,James Patterson Jamie Grim spends summer overcoming challeges,to be the next comedian on stage. OL17063362W
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly Stephanie Oakes The Kevinian Cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust. And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too. Now their Pr… OL17697938W
The 1960s The 1960s Dorothy Hoobler Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-in… OL17909982W
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