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"What is color blindness, and how does it affect a person's everyday life? Readers discover the answers to these questions and more as they follow a narrative about what it's like to live with color blindness and what it's like to have a friend who has this condition. Clear and concise text provides relatable examples, and fact boxes add helpful information. In addition, full-color photographs enhance this reading experience, which provides a valuable...
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"When [the author] was 19 years old, she walked into an eye doctor's office for what she thought was a routine appointment and was given a life-changing diagnosis. She was going blind, courtesy of a disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and she had a decade or so before lights-out. To cope, she decides to hide her disease and live like there's no tomorrow ... She tears through boyfriends, joins a circus school, and travels all over. But when she falls...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who underwent amazing treatments to regain their sight. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to improve the lives of patients who have lost the power to see. You'll also find tips on eye safety as well as vivid descriptions of the eye's many parts and how they work together."--from jacket.
5) Unblinded
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[2022]
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Unblinded is a novel about a drug that can cure blindness (in some cases) but turns out to have unforeseen psychological side effects when tested in a clinical trial. There are 4 main characters: (1) the scientist who created the drug, but who is exposed to it in a lab accident and begins to show atypical behavior. (2) A woman who is partially cured-- her eyes can perceive things, but her brain cannot process the images. She grows depressed and begins...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
660L
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While his father fights in the war for water, eleven-year-old Auden and his mother move to Cambridge, where Auden and his new friend Vivi discover his dead uncle's last, unfinished scientific achievement--a poetry-spouting robot seeking his purpose.
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A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of blindness and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone who is blind and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of blindness is highlighted" --
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"Training service dogs is single dad Jake Beckett’s calling. He’s determined to train rambunctious puppy Callie to help his ailing friend Myrna live independently with her growing blindness. Myrna’s granddaughter, Olivia Hart, isn’t easily convinced, but Jake, his twins and Callie are an incredibly persuasive team. If Olivia agrees to give Callie a chance, will working with Jake risk her lifelong dreams?"--
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