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81) Angle of repose
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Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. A wheelchair-bound retired historian embarks on a monumental quest: to come to know his grandparents, now long dead. The unfolding drama of the story of the American West sets the tone for Stegner's masterpiece.
83) Song for a whale
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303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
84) Service animals
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"Like many people, service animals go to work every day. In this book, readers will learn about the different types of service animals and the jobs they do. They'll meet animals who brighten the lives of their owners by helping with tasks their humans can't do themselves. They'll also find out how these animals go to school to learn their jobs."--Back cover.
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309 pages : map ; 22 cm
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From the time she was a crippled baby, left in a church, Maggie's life has never been easy but when she glimpses her destiny in a magic mirror, she goes off on a quest to find her father and, along the way, finds happiness, as well.
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328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"All thirteen-year-old Houston Stewart has ever wanted is to become an astronaut. His dreams feel like they're finally coming true when he's accepted to the highly-competitive Junior Astronaut Recruitment Program - if only he could bring his little brother, Robbie, with him. Ever since their dad left, Houston and Robbie have been inseparable. It's hard to tell where Houston's love of space ends and where Robbie's begins. But Robbie's cerebral palsy...
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This delightful picture book explores questions and concerns about disability in a simple and reassuring way. Younger children can find out what a disability is, and learn how people deal with their disabilities to live happy and full lives. Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas. These superb information books promote interaction among children, parents, and teachers on personal, social, and emotional issues.
90) A time to dance
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307 pages ; 22 cm
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In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.
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A short story written after a series of near death encounter during the Christmas 2013 period. My editor asked me to change my name in the story, as she thought it was to close to the truth, and could worry my friends. So, I became Paul Smart. The encounters included one when I stopped breathing in my sleep.
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I decided to write this book because I wanted people to know that having a baby with Down syndrome is not the end of the world.
Paul's start in life was very scary, my pregnancy was difficult, and he was born premature. We weren't given much hope for his survival, or that he would have any kind of life if he did, but we wanted him to be with us for however long that would be.
He ended up having a very productive life. He worked, learned to use public...
93) Mikey Speaks Out
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On the day of my birth, my mother had already decided that she wanted to give me away. She had made this decision even though she had not yet known the extent of the problems that would confront me. As it turned out, there were many, including the fact that I was not born a beautiful baby.Actually, I was considered to be quite ugly, disfigured by a cleft lip and palate that left a gaping hole in the middle of my face. In addition, I was born deaf,...
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University on Watch is a story about youthful hope, yearning for more, triumph over failures, and mistakes beyond our own control and doing. The book is a native story to New York, but couldn't be more otherworldly, at times supernatural, and grippingly suspenseful as the book unfolds. The crisis in the academy, or New London University, is one that goes to the very epicenter of higher learning and education. This crisis also is imagined, created...
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On a warm, moonlit night in mid-June 1865, three days prior to Beau and Carlotta Wells's scheduled departure, an unsigned note was attached to a door at the main entrance to the vigilance committees' headquarters in a small community called Quiet Creek, located about fifteen miles west of Pine Grove City, Kentucky.
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“Just Keep Swimming”: a crash, a quest, and waves of hope tells the true story of a mom's crisis, a daughter's paralysis, and incredible travels that carry them from a small town in Ohio to Harvard, Capitol Hill, and around the world.
After a car accident, a heartsick mom battles depression and guilt while a shy but determined teenager fights the harsh physical challenges of quadriplegia. Fourteen-year-old Beth believes everything will be okay....
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Spanning the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, "Midge's Irish" delves into the life of Warren Le Blanc, a state hospital patient who resisted institutionalization for years. His life takes an unexpected turn when he falls in love with Midge McSorley, a fellow patient on a different unit. What follows is a tumultuous 14-year relationship characterized by ups and downs. Warren eventually finds his way out of the hospital, changes his first name, and begins...
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Our Life Our Way, A Memoir of Active Faith, Profound Love, and Courageous Disability Rights explores an extraordinary love story grown out of engagement with both disability rights advocacy and Christian faith communities. This important memoir contains thoughtful, often-entertaining, and sometimes heart-wrenching anecdotes of a couple's journey to create their profoundly intimate relationship and Christian marriage, in a world, not yet ready for...
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We were walking this journey together, yet alone. Two siblings from a close-knit, boisterous family of six. There is nothing like the camaraderie of family to give you the determination to persevere in spite of any obstacle. We were overwhelmed by the disease of multiple sclerosis as well as other autoimmune diseases. Our outward appearance of healthiness was deceiving. Unbeknownst to us, the disease of multiple sclerosis would eventually consume...
100) Life Goes On
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This is to give hope to people who are in a coma. Close-head injury and a spinal cord injury. Where they think there is none. You can come out of it. Maybe not the same way as you were before, but there's hope where your brain is active. You can make it no matter what the doctors tell you. Just because you have a handicap doesn't mean you can't do things. Maybe not the way other people do them, but in your own way. It takes patience and people around...
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