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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
Five months ago, Liv's big brother, Jonah, shot himself. It was an accident. He didn't know that the gun was loaded. But the damage was done. Now he won't ever be leaving their small mill town like he planned. Jonah can't speak, can't walk, can't take care of himself at all. Their house is full of machines and nurses working around the clock to keep Jonah alive. Liv's mom is struggling to cope with the aftermath, so Liv ends up being the one to soothe...
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Boy called BAT volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons.
3) Unseelie
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Series
Unseelie duology volume 1
Language
English
Description
The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls “reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.” “A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment.” -Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed with Us Iselia “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde…but as an autistic changeling left in...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2034, a comet is due to hit the Earth within the hour. Denise, who's sixteen years old and autistic, must try to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother safely aboard a spaceship"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and even more alarming, Pesah has a vision: the Angel of Death...
10) Perfect
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"Perfect is a story of anticipation, disappointment, acceptance, and, ultimately, love. Suffused with natural imagery, Perfect is an ideal way to open up the subject of disability with children, as well as being a great story in its own right. This beautifully illustrated, truly remarkable book is guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat"--Www.amazon.com.
11) Stepping Out
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English
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Laughter is fifteen-year-old Paige Larsson's currency in life. It takes the sting out of life's tough stuff. It eases the pain of nasty comments, agonizing moments in gym class, and awkward pauses at parties. She likes it, even more, when others laugh with her, so she's become a YouTube comedy vlogger.
Now Paige is about to step out of her comfort zone and compete-live and onstage-in the prestigious International Teens in Comedy festival. Winning...
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2021 Silver Birch Fiction Award — Winner
Being yourself isn't always easy.
When you're new in school, all you want is to fit in. When eleven-year-old Warren and his family move to a new city, his twin brother, who has Down syndrome, attracts too much attention for Warren's liking.
13) Tiffany Epiphany
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English
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Meet Tiffany Epiphany, our first friend in The Spectrum Series! The series features characters who celebrate the gifts, challenges, and accomplishments as children with autism. Tiffany has autism and she is very lucky. She gets to see the world in a unique way. Her story doesn't stop at her diagnosis. Through her adventures Tiffany shows her family and friends just how big and beautiful her world truly is.
14) A Hero Like Me
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English
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A Hero Like Me
"But one little chromosome put up a fight;
It threatened to stamp out Colette's inner light.
Big sister came running with torches to spare,
And lit Colette's lamp with a glorious glare."
Meet Clairice and Colette; two sisters with one story. A sweet story of hope, love, victory, and learning how to thrive in the midst of Down syndrome.
Silvana Hebert's passion is to help families with Down syndrome individuals...
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Melanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn't be more different.
Melanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited to race to school, but Melvin is worried he'll fall - and that people will stare. And there's a problem: Grandma can't afford the scooters without selling one of Mom's treasured paintings, one of the...
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Dinah, a young girl with Down Syndrome, loves to play games with her older sister, Chloe, but she's not very good at the still and quiet kind. When her not-so-sneaky efforts to get into the big kids' game backfire, Dinah realizes she might need to adapt a few of her own behaviors. In the process, she shows Chloe and her friends that there's more than one way to play.
17) On the spectrum
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English
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After a social media disaster, Clara leaves New York to spend the summer with her estranged father in Paris, where she is charged with the care of her autistic six-year-old brother, Alastair.
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One crisp winter night, beneath a full moon, whispers of sisters drift up from their room...About the BookWorldwide, an estimated 1.3 billion people live with vision loss. Roughly 36 million of those are blind. Little sister is one. Tonight, she doesn't feel well so her big sister steps up to care for her all night while they believe mom is sleeping. For Librarians and TeachersWhile Mommy Was Fast Asleep is a beautifully illustrated children's picture...
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A heartwarming family story of inclusion and ability At the turn of the 20th century, in rural Newfoundland, Kitty and Daniel Daly had twelve children-six were big and six were small, but a place was made for them all.
In this touching, often humorous remembrance, Diana Daly introduces young readers to her smart, funny, and caring great aunties and uncles-six remarkable people who lived with skeletal dysplasia at a time when the condition was not...
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Français
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Maman assure Gaby que son petit frère l'aime, même s'il est une vraie petite peste. Est-ce que Maman a raison
David est autiste et il est attentif à sa sœur et ses parents, mais il est turbulent.
À PROPOS DE L'AUTRICE
Karen MAINVILLE est une auteure et illustratrice québécoise. Elle est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en beaux-arts, spécialisée en peinture et dessin, de l'Université Concordia à Montréal.
Elle a publiée et illustratrée...
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