Catalog Search Results
1) The gift
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is no hurt so great that love cannot heal it. Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until a snowstorm, a cancelled flight and an unexpected meeting with a young mother and her very special son would show him that Christmas is indeed the season of miracles.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Looks at children with Tourette's syndrome, a rare brain disorder, whose victims twitch, jerk, and are unable to control loud verbal outbursts, some obscene. Because the public lacks knowledge about the disease, these children also suffer public humiliation. "In every school in America, it's likely that at least one child may have Tourette Syndrome. ...[this] documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 6
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Michael and the Electroclan embark on their deadliest mission yet. The head of the resistance, known only as the voice, believes that the best way to wipe out the Elgen is to steal their money. That means capturing the Joule, the Elgen boat that serves as a floating treasury. Michael and his friends have learned about a highly placed member of the Elite Global Guard named Welch who wants to defect. They also know that three of the Elgen electric...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
7) The parasite
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 8
Publisher
Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies"--
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A cross-generational coming-of-age story of three teenage girls and a socially awkward man with Tourette's disorder who bond over a cross-country road trip. Along the way, they each learn to stop using his illness as an excuse to hide from life, and that love and family can be found in unexpected places.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
To stop Hatch from using the Elgen fleet to gain world power, Michael and the rest of the Electroclan must destroy the lead ship, but divisions within the Electroclan threaten the success of their operation.
10) Jerk, California
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 4
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
12) The final spark
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 7
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Electroclan embarks on a daring rescue mission when Michael Vey goes missing.
13) Compromised
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
With her con-man father in prison, fifteen-year-old Maya sets out from Reno, Nevada, for Boise, Idaho, hoping to stay out of foster care by finding an aunt she never knew existed, but a fellow runaway complicates all of her scientifically-devised plans.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood and punished for disrupting class. By the time he is diagnoes with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offers encouragement, Brad decides to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone's with Tourette's in front...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 9
Publisher
Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
With Tara still in the clutches of the Elite Elgen Guard Unit the Chasqui and their malevolent leader, the Sovereign Amash, Michael Vey and the Electroclan have no choice but to continue the fierce battle that has been waging since their arrival in Peru. But saving one of their own means battling a onetime teammate, as Jack has turned traitor and joined forces with Amash and his men. At the same time, the clan must work with the Alpha Team to act...
In MnLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Plum Creek Library System can be requested from other MnLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.