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Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"11-year-old Meranda thought her life was complicated enough with her weak legs (she needs crutches to walk because of cerebral palsy) and her helicopter parents. She lives in Calgary but has always felt drawn to the East Coast, where her parents grew up--though she's never visited. Her mother, a pediatric ER doctor, has all the excuses: it's too far, it's too expensive, it's not safe near the water. When her great-uncle Mark dies, Meranda's parents...
Author
Series
Last pick ; 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A galaxy away from her twin brother Wyatt, Sam must find a way to resist her captors and hold onto her humanity, while Wyatt leads a ragtag army to bring the fight straight to the alien overlords."--Provided by publisher.
443) I am extraordinary
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of playing on her school's soccer team but self-conscious about her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out until some new friends show her that being different is extraordinary, giving her the courage to find self-acceptance and confidence to achieve her goal.
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"Condenado por la maldición de una poderosa hechicera a repetir el otoño de sus dieciocho años, el príncipe Rhen, heredero del trono de Emberfall, pensó que sería fácil salvarse si todo lo que hacía falta era que una chica se enamorara de él. Pero eso fue antes de que se transformara en una bestia despiadada sedienta de destrucción. Antes de que arrasara con el castillo, destrozara a su familia y acabara con toda la esperanza. Para Harper,...
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"When a new student, Violet, joins Mr. Garcia's class, everyone gives her a warm welcome. Especially Mandy, and the two become fast friends. Mandy admires Violet, especially her confidence when talking in front of the whole class. Even if Violet does it a little differently than most (Violet has apraxia of speech, which means she uses a tablet to help her speak). So, when it's Mandy's turn to get in front of the whole class to speak--for show and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Shouta Kikuzato's hopes of starting on his school's prestigious soccer team are derailed when a terrible incident costs him his leg. Now in his first year of high school (again), Kikuzato has resigned himself to never reaching his athletic dreams. But when Chidori, a passing prosthetist, notices Kikuzato's artificial limb-- and speed--as he races through the train station, the specialist proposes a partnership: Chidori will build Kikuzato a brand-new...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kikuzato, a high-schooler with a prosthetic leg, continues his dreams of being a para-athlete. Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and arguments with his father, Kikuzato stands proud at the start line for his first competition"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The race in Shibuya has given Kikuzato a taste of what running and competing on a blade could be, but it will take more than a new leg for him to truly be a contender the next time he races. Kikuzato needs to learn how to run, and Usami is only too happy to give him some pointers after school at track and field club. Kikuzato thought his days of training with a team were behind him, but with the club members' help, the path to becoming a runner opens...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Kikuzato is sprinting toward his new goal of becoming a more powerful runner, but each stride takes him further from his soccer days--and the friends who one played alongside him. Kikuzato's wasn't the only life affected by his accident, and ever since that day, Takekawa has watched his best friend on and off the field steadily slip away. Can these former teammates repair the rift between them, even as world events throw all their high school hopes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato is eager to try out his new leg. But even with the improved fit, his worry about falling like he did in his first public race plagues his training for the next. Running is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and between his fear and his fight with Take, Kikuzato isn't seeing the improvement he hoped his new leg would bring. If he means to succeed, Kikuzato must answer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In The Secret Garden, preschoolers befriend robins and other animals along with Mary, Dickon, Martha, and Colin, experiencing the transformative magic of a well-loved garden. Little readers not only see the garden flourish, but they watch how Mary and Colin blossom with attention and friendship. Quotes from the original text are woven throughout this retelling, and the beautiful artwork creates a book to be treasured through childhood and beyond."...
452) Real: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Real ; 1
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Tomomi Nomiya, a tough youngster who loves basketball, gets into a motorcycle accident that paralyzes a girl, then quits the team and leaves school, trying to find a way to alleviate his guilt."--
454) Real: Vol. 2
Author
Series
Real ; 2
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Kiyohiko Togawa, confined to a wheelchair after a bout with cancer, struggles to overcome his physical limitations and fulfill his dreams of being a basketball star."--
Author
Series
Last pick ; 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Earth's last hope are also the last picked, in this thrilling conclusion of Jason Walz's dystopian graphic trilogy, Last Pick: Rise Up. Wyatt is now the reluctant leader of the "last picked"--the disabled, the elderly, and those deemed too young to be useful for hard labor by their alien captors. But how can he and his ragtag allies take down an entire alien federation? Meanwhile, Wyatt's twin sister Sam and her girlfriend Mia are creating chaos all...
456) The lollipop kids
Author
Publisher
Seismic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, early settlers locked these monsters away in a secret prison deep in the woods of New Amsterdam so they would never return to the Old World again. Those woods became New York's Central Park, and now the monsters have escaped! Nick, age fourteen, finds out that he is a "legacy" to a secret society that, for the last 400 years, has kept these monsters in check. He and a ragtag group of kids just like him have to put the monsters back before...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"aSonia y sus amigos siembran un jardín, y cada uno contribuye a su manera."--
"Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans."--
458) The secret garden
Author
Publisher
OrangeSky Publishing by Findaway
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Lennox is a sad and sickly girl. She acts bitter to everyone around her and doesn't mind that she doesn't have friends; she doesn't need them. When she moves to a dark, gloomy manor to live with her uncle, she has no interest in exploring her new home -- until she learns that there is a secret, locked garden somewhere on the grounds. In this new adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, The Secret Garden is a beautiful story of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The school dance is on Saturday, and twelve-year-old Drew Daniels, the Fantastic Freewheeler, has overused his information absorbing ability trying to impress his date, Maxima--so when an actual alien shows up at the Interplanetary Dance he can not use his power to communicate with the party crasher.
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