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Bucking the Sarge
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Christopher Paul Curtis |
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.As his best friend Sparky says, "Flint's nothing but the Titanic."And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, "Take my advice and stay off the suck… |
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The crowstarver
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Dick King-Smith,Peter Bailey |
In 1926, a childless couple takes in an abandoned baby boy who, despite being mentally handicapped, grows to display special talents, and finds a happy niche for himself in their English countryside … |
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Please reply!
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Dandi Daley Mackall,Terry Brown |
As fifteen-year-old Jamie becomes involved in the swim team and Special Olympics coaching, as part of her effort to fit in and be normal, she tries to remember to talk to God. |
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The silence of murder
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Dandi Daley Mackall |
Sixteen-year-old Hope must defend her developmentally disabled brother (who has not spoken a word since he was seven) when he is accused of murdering a beloved high school baseball coach. |
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Radiance descending
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Paula Fox |
When he sees all the attention which his parents and people in the neighborhood give to Jacob, eleven-year-old Paul struggles with his feelings toward this younger brother who has Down syndrome. |
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Carrying Mason
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Joyce Magnin |
In rural Pennsylvania in 1958, when thirteen-year-old Luna's best friend Mason dies, she decides to move in with his mentally disabled mother and care for her as Mason did. |
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Tyger tyger
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K. R. Hamilton |
Soon after the mysterious and alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, sixteen-year-old Teagan Wylltson and her disabled brother are drawn into the battle Finn's family has fought since the thirte… |
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Down the rabbit hole
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aun… |
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Vanishing
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Bruce Brooks |
Eleven-year-old Alice is unwilling to return to live with her alcoholic mother and her stern stepfather, so she refuses to eat to the point of slowly starving herself, in order to remain in the hospi… |
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What's wrong with Timmy?
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Maria Shriver |
Making friends with a mentally retarded boy helps Kate learn that the two of them have a lot in common. |
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When pigs fly
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June Rae Wood |
Thirteen-year-old Buddy Rae and her best friend Jiniwin do everything together--taking care of Buddy's slow younger sister, "parenting" egg babies, talking about boys, and dealing with Buddy's family… |
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Boss of the Pool
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Robin Klein |
Shelley's reluctant attempts to teach a mentally handicapped boy to swim teach her some painful lessons about herself. |
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Ben, king of the river
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David Gifaldi |
Chad experiences a range of emotions when he goes camping with his parents and his five-year-old mentally disabled brother Ben who has many developmental problems. |
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Heartless hero
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Judy Baer |
Lexi's younger brother Ben, who has Down's syndrome, becomes the victim of bullies, and while at school Lexi sees her friends tormented by two new students who are bullies, one male and one female. |
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Veronica's first year
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Jean Sasso Rheingrover |
Nine-year-old Nathan helps welcome his baby sister, who has Down's syndrome, into the family and eagerly anticipates the day when she will be able to ride his tricycle. |
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Are there stripes in Heaven?
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Lee Klein |
Patrick's sister Colleen, a Down's syndrome child, helps him to appreciate various experiences, including going to Mass and seeing their first rainbow. |
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The falcon's wing
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Dawna Lisa Buchanan |
After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Bryn tries to make a new life when her taciturn father moves them to a rural community in Canada to live with her elderly aunt and her cousin Winnie, a lovin… |
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The treasure on Gold Street =
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Lee Merrill Byrd |
Denise describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Denise… |
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Like me
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Alan Brightman |
A youngster looks at his mentally handicapped friends and points out that everyone is the same but some people are slower. |
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A real Christmas this year
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Karen Lynn Williams |
Twelve-year-old Megan's efforts to provide a real Christmas for her multiply handicapped brother and the rest of the family cause problems with her best friend and some other schoolmates. |
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