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Summary: "Ash--or Princess Adelisa--is the youngest child of the queen, recently returned to the city of Kestrel's Haven after spending six years on the other side of the country. Ash was hoping for a joyous reunion, but the reality is far from it. Her mother is holding the kingdom together by a thread; her brother has only taunts and jibes for her; and court is full of nobles who openly mock and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIJGuerrero, Tanya
Summary: Moving to the Philippines with his zoologist mother, twelve-year-old Pablo struggles with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GUESumner, Jamie
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMPlohl, Igor
Summary: "Lucas the Lion discovers the Paralympics--where physically disabled world-class athletes exemplify strength, determination, and courage"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLOPatterson, James
Summary: Teaching other kids how to be funny is the toughest gig that Jamie Grimm has ever had, and with the highest stakes. If he fails, his school library will be shut down for good! Even though he has a national contest trophy and a TV show under his belt, Jamie Grimm isn't one to sit back and relax. When his school has a major funding crisis, Jamie hits on a bright idea to save the day--a comedy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2017
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Summary: Fifteen-year-old Aiko Cassidy, a manga enthusiast with cerebral palsy, spends a summer in Japan, learning about her father's family and making new friends, while avoiding her stepfather and baby half-sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Kamata 2019Frey, Sarah Kathryn
Summary: "Alice Eloise's Silver Linings is the story of a silly, playful Double Doodle pup named Alice Eloise who dreams of becoming a service dog for her best friend, Sarah Kate. But no matter how hard she tries, Alice Eloise just can't tame her natural silliness into the serious respectability service dogs so often possess. Sarah Kate believes in Alice Eloise, encouraging her to look for the 'silver...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Once Upon a Silver Lining 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRECatchpole, James
Summary: Imagine you were asked the same question again and again throughout your life... Imagine if it was a question that didn't bring about the happiest of memories... This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground... Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play Pirates. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber Limited 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CATPlohl, Igor
Summary: Lucas the lion learns how to live life with a phsyical disability with help from his friends and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLOStohl, Margaret
Summary: Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll flee their repressive boarding school, intending to start over in the theaters of Paris, but they instead find themselves at Cedric's estate in Yorkshire, where a hidden garden helps them realize their destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOWebb, Amy
Summary: Emma goes to an accessible summer camp where children cheer along with Emma every step of the way, and learn that a world that's inclusive and accessible for all is possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WEBCasanova, Mary.
Summary: When Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks' cast comes off she dives back into gymnastics training in hopes of making the competitive team, but after volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding center, she considers broadening her interests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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Summary: When eighteen-year-old Ellie's Deaf boarding school shuts down, she attends a public high school where she struggles to adjust, but finds an ally in Jackson, a soccer player going through a disability diagnosis of his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SORHayden, Chaz
Summary: High schooler Reed spends most of his time in and out of the hospital taking care of his 10-year-old sister Beatrice, who has spinal muscular atrophy. Ever since the siblings' father's recent death in an accident, their mother--who used to do all the mom things like bake sales, PTA, and help with my homework--has struggled to manage the household. When her new boyfriend invites her on a weekend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAYAnderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ANDPatterson, James
Summary: "While on a mission to win the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic regional competition, New York middle schooler Jamie Grimm copes with rival comics and bullies, a buddy in trouble, and a sudden family emergency, all with a sense of humor and a loyal group of friends"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction PatSachar, Louis
Summary: When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SACFletcher, Susan
Summary: When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FLELupica, Mike.
Summary: Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LUPSee, Melissa.
Summary: Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She's determined to be Caldwell Prep's first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it's senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEEThomas, Leah
Summary: " Ollie and Moritz might never meet, but their friendship knows no bounds. Their letters carry on as Ollie embarks on his first road trip away from the woods--no easy feat for a boy allergic to electricity--and Moritz decides which new school would best suit an eyeless boy who prefers to be alone. Along the way they meet other teens like them, other products of strange science who lead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOFletcher, Tom
Summary: "Move over, Rudolph! It's time for the Christmasaurus to lead Santa's sleigh. The Christmasaurus is a dinosaur who lives with Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole. More than anything, he wants to fly with Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve! But no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to figure out how to fly. . . . Until one Christmas Eve, when he meets a young boy in a wheelchair who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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Summary: "Welcome to Sametown where everyone and everything is ... well ... the same. Except our protagonist: Mighty Mara! She's a little different. While her classmates sign up and ready their performances for the school talent show, Mara musters up the courage to also sign up--but unlike the others, she's going to dance, dance, dance! The only problem is, everyone encourages her not to! Mara won't let...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOGreenfield, Chatham
Summary: Stuck in a time loop, queer Jewish teens Phoebe and Jess start to fall for each other, causing chronically ill Phoebe to worry about a future that may never come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2024