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The Door in the Wall
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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… |
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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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Also known as Harper
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Ann Haywood Leal |
Harper Lee Morgan is an aspiring poet, which isn’t surprising, seeing as how she’s named after her mama’s favorite writer, Harper Lee. And life is giving her a lot to write about just now. Daddy up a… |
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Alex is my friend
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Marisabina Russo |
Even though Alex is a dwarf and sometimes has to use a wheelchair because of the operation he had on his back, his friend does not mind because they still have good times together. |
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Things that are
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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. |
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Quest for Camelot
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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… |
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Your towns and cities
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Eleanor Thomas |
A social studies textbook for the upper elementary grades. Examines many aspects of life in three cities, San Francisco, South Bend, and Washington, D.C., and in the country of Thailand. |
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Listen for the singing
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Jean Little |
As the world around her braces itself for World War II, a young Canadian girl with impaired vision prepares to begin public high school. |
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A Leg to Stand on
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Oliver Sacks |
Dr. Oliver Sacks's books *Awakenings*, *An Anthropologist on Mars* and the bestselling *The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat* have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment… |
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Queer crips
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John P. De Cecco |
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories reverberates with the sound of “cripgay” voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias, oppression and ignorance. This unique collec… |
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Dear Santa, please come to the 19th floor
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Yin. |
Willy and Carlos, who is in a wheelchair, receive a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, even though they live on the nineteenth floor of their building. |
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Why do some people use wheelchairs?
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Mary Atkinson |
Explores the subject of disabilities through questions and answers, such as "Why does my friend wear a hearing aid," "Why do some people read with their fingers," and "Why do some buildings have ramp… |
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Mary Mehan awake
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Jennifer L. Armstrong |
While working as a servant in the home of a naturalist, Mary Mehan gradually recovers from the numbing effects of her experience as a Civil War nurse and falls in love with a man who had lost his hea… |
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Out of the dark
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Betty Ren Wright |
When Jessica moves to her grandmother's childhood home and makes friends with the handicapped girl next door, she begins to have nightmares about the old schoolhouse in the woods. |
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One TV blasting and a pig outdoors
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Deborah Abbott |
Conan describes life with his father who lost his hearing at the age of three. |
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It's your turn at bat
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Barbara Aiello |
While reluctantly doing research on sewing machines for a school report, Mark, a fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, discovers that the money for his team's baseball jerseys that he was responsible for… |
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Arnie and the new kid
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Nancy L. Carlson |
When an accident requires Arnie to use crutches, he begins to understand the limits and possibilities of his new classmate, who has a wheelchair. |
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The light on Hogback Hill
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Cynthia C. DeFelice |
When she investigates the mysterious light up on Hogback Hill, eleven-year-old Hadley finds and befriends a hunchbacked old woman with a tragic past. |
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What if you couldn't ... ?
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Janet Kamien |
Considers physical, mental, and emotional handicaps and how people deal with them. |
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The Secret Code
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Dana Meachen Rau |
Oscar, who is blind, teaches Lucy how to read his Braille book. |
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