Zoe mostly has it good. Her parents are nice, her brother isn?t half bad, and her dog Ella is amazing. But Zoe thinks her life is boring ? nothing ever changes. She?s stuck in her wheelchair and her parents never let her do anything fun...
Children with disabilities
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Author:Minaki, ChristinaSummary: -
Author:Stinson, KathySummary:David’s younger sister Ivy, born with multiple disabilities, needs constant attention. She may be eleven years old, but in many ways she’s still a baby. She embarrasses him in public. She takes all of their parents’ focus, to the point...
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Author:Martin, Marie-JoséeSummary:J’ai été morte. Les médecins m’ont ramenée à la vie mais, pour Raymond Larose, mon père, je n’ai toujours été qu’une morte vivante. L’essentiel lui échappe : il refuse de voir qu’il en va de la beauté comme des bavoirs, que tout ce qui...
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Author:Kadarusman MichelleSummary:"Hummingbirds and angels don't need two good feet. They have wings." That's what Alba's mother always says. Of course, Alba doesn't have wings or two good feet: she has Cleo. Cleo is the name Alba has given to her left foot, which was...
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Author:Porter, PamelaSummary:It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad...
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Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings offers Canadian students an overview of students with disabilities, particularly those with high-incidence special needs. The text follows the authors’ belief that students with...
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Author:Huser, GlenSummary:Travis has been waiting to get to junior high. When that time finally comes, things are both better, and worse, than he had hoped. On the plus side are two great new teachers. On the minus side there's Shon Docker, Travis's old...
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Author:Kritikos, Effie P.Summary:Making clear connections between assessment and instruction that so many similar texts lack, this first edition special education assessment textbook uses current research and standards-based assessment material grounded in field-based...
- Author:McGovern, CammieSummary:
I want someone who will talk to me honestly about things. You're the only person who ever has. Maybe you don't know this, but when you're disabled almost no one tells you the truth. They feel too awkward because the truth...
- Author:Draper, Sharon M.Summary:
A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting! "A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." — School Library Journal (starred review) "Unflinching and realistic." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From award-...
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Melody faces her fears to follow her passion in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novel Out of My Mind . Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind , is a year older, and a year...
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Author:Watson, CristySummary:In this high-interest novel for young readers, fourteen-year-old Randi has to balance theater studies with caring for her brother with autism.
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Moving to a new city and a new school is never easy. So Lauren is relieved when Callie, Treena and Maddy welcome her into their group. But then Lauren witnesses their reaction to a first grader in a wheelchair. That boy is her little...
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Author:Edelson, MiriamSummary:Jake is celebrating his tenth birthday. That's a remarkable feat, because at birth he was given only three years to live. Miriam Edelson is his mother, a dedicated fighter for Jake and families in similar situations. Edelson poses...
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Author:Little, JeanSummary:After spending five years in a cerebral palsy center, Sally is challenged to adjust to normal family and school life.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that...
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Author:Carter, AnneSummary:On her seventh birthday, Pauline rode across the lawns on her street followed by her best friend Henry, he on the blue wooden horse, she on the red. On the seventh lawn at the top of the street, she collapsed, becoming a sudden victim...
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Author:Little, JeanSummary:Nine-year-old Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family - somehow she can never do anything right. She bumps into tables, and she can't read the chalkboard at school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her 'Awkward Anna.'...
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Author:Hogan, DennisSummary: -
Author:McDonnell, KathleenSummary:The true story of Emily Eaton. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Emily and her family had to fight for her right to go to school with non-disabled children in a regular classroom. Unwilling to take no for an answer, her fight would take...
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