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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first nineteen months of her life, Helen Keller is a normal child who laughs and plays and explores her surroundings. But a high fever robs Helen of her sight and hearing, leaving her alone in a dark, silent world. Until the day Anne Sullivan comes into her life, Helen's only means of communication are crude signs and gestures.
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
4) Rules
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
5) I funny
Author
Series
I funny volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
8) Palomino
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Samantha Taylor is shattered when her husband leaves her for another woman. She puts her advertising career on hold and seeks refuge at a friend's California ranch, where she loses herself in the daily labor of ranch life. Here, she discovers the healing powers of trusted friends, simple joys, and hard work. She also meets Tate Jordan, the ranch foreman, and a tumultuous relationship ensues. When Tate disappears and a fall from a horse changes Samantha's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
House of robots volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Robots on strike! Sammy's underappreciated mechanical helpers cause chaos in the house! It's up to Sammy and his disabled sister Maddie to keep the peace until his inventor mom reveals her secret project...and why it was worth the wait"--
16) The storm
Author
Publisher
Cobblehill Books/Dutton
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though confined to a wheelchair, Jonathan faces the terror of a tornado all by himself and saves the lives of the horses on the family farm.
17) The monument
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.
Author
Series
I funny volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1881, sixteen-year-old Mary Ingalls becomes a student at the Iowa College for the Blind, where she studies academic subjects and learns skills that will allow her to be independent and to earn a living.
Author
Series
I funny volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
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