Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly beings to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. [YOUNG ADULT READING]

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Lauren is worried what will happen when her new friends realize her brother is disabled."--

Do you believe it is impossible to move past the abuse you have suffered? Do you feel responsible for the abuse or unworthy of being, loved? You're not to blame and you can move past it, as Michael Bluemling, Jr., a survivor of abuse, knows. In his new book Turning the Page: Overcoming Abuse to Reach Life's Fulfillment, he combines a brief memoir of the abuse he suffered at his father's hands with his road map for how to move past abuse. Because Michael...

"Richie "Ryder" Raymond has a gift. He can find the punchline in any situation, even in his limited vision and prosthetic eye. During the past year at Addison School for the Blind, Ryder's quick wit earned the respect and friendship of his classmates. Heading to mainstream, or "normal," school for eighth grade is going to be awesome. After all, what's not to like? At Addison, Ryder was everyone's favorite person. He could make anyone laugh, especially...

The moving true story of a little girl with Asperger syndrome, controlled and abused by the one person she called her friend. Taylor had always struggled to make friends - she felt 'different'. Taylor never knew her father and her mother wasn't around much. She just didn't understand people, and was alone and scared much of the time. That was until, aged just 11, an older married man called Tom befriended her. She loved having someone who would talk...

The author writes of her own experiences as the parent of a elementary-aged child dealing with the challenges of bullying at school, learning differences, and anxiety.