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81) The weirdo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When sixteen-year-old Sam falls in love with disfigured Chip Clewt and helps him in his campaign to save the black bears in the North Carolina swamp near her home, she gets in deep trouble with her father, an avid hunter.
83) King for a day
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Even though he is confined to a wheelchair, a Pakistani boy tries to capture the most kites during Basant, the annual spring kite festival, and become "king" for the day. Includes an afterword about the Basant festival"--Provided by publisher.
84) Silent lotus
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.
85) A time to dance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.
Author
Series
I funny volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 118
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Kristy's family has a new Labrador retriever puppy who is being trained to be a guide dog for the blind.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Legally-blind college reporter Mike Mavic hopes to get a story about a body found in Steepleton, believed to be that of long-missing teen Christopher Creed, but finds something odd about the town, including Justin Creed's obsessive drive to learn what really happened to his older brother.
92) Rocky Road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.
93) Crazy beautiful
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In this contemporary retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," a teenaged boy whose hands were amputated in an explosion and a gorgeous girl whose mother has recently died form an instant connection when they meet on their first day as new students.
94) Susan laughs
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive until help arrives.
97) Truesight
Author
Series
Truesight trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In a distant frontier world, thirteen-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.
99) Cowgirl Megan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When her friends doubt her dream of becoming a diplomat, Megan visits the magic attic where she helps a blind girl who wants to be a trick rider.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Sadie promises that she will always be Wilma's best friend when their families leaves drought-stricken Missouri in 1933, but once in Texas, Sadie learns that she must try to make a new home--and new friends, too.