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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Aster, caught between a self-absorbed older sister and a mentally-disabled younger one, yearns for a normal life and, with her first boyfriend's encouragement and trust in God, she begins to make things better.
10) Of mice and men
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
They are an unlikely pair: George is small and quick and dark of face; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a bond, clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land...
Author
Publisher
Dial Press, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Venus Black, a straitlaced, straight-A student is the last person anyone would expect to get in trouble, but when she is arrested for committing a shocking crime, it is clear that there was more going on in Venus's world than anyone knew. When she is released from a juvenile detention center five years later, she assumes a new identity in the hope of escaping the pain of her past, the mother that disappointed her, and her criminal...
12) Janine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Janine is one of a kind. She focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She makes a difference just by being herself"--
13) Sophie's encore
Author
Series
Sophie volume 12
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Although Sophie's faith is shaken after her baby sister is born with Down Syndrome and as she tries to help a troubled girl at her school, the other Corn Flakes and Dr. Peter are there to lend their support.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Allie helps Jesse, her older, mentally disabled brother on his way to school and endures the taunts of other children, but she does not understand why God made Jesse the way he is until she takes the time to "walk in his shoes" for a while.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Covering the spectrum of neurodiversity, the book features a range of inspirational people, from actors and entertainers, to athletes and activists, and it shows young neurodiverse readers that often what makes you different can be your key to success. The chapters feature biographies that expand out on to a theme, such as the importance of lived experience in discussions of neurodiversity, challenging stereotypes, representation and creativity. This...
Author
Series
Keystone Stables volume 6
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
One of the special-needs children riding horses at Keystone Stables during the summer has Down-syndrome and when his affection for Skye embarrasses her, she begins to treat him harshly.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary—awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears—seemed to need more protection from the world.
Six years after Rosemary’s death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage’s stepfather, Alan, resents being...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the
19) One-third nerd
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Liam and his two younger sisters, precocious third-grader Dakota and second-grader Izzy, who has Down syndrome, face the possibility of losing their beloved dog, Cupcake, who keeps urinating on their apartment's carpet.
20) Sunnyside Plaza
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While helping police officers Esther and Lon investigate a suspicious death at her group home, nineteen-year-old Sal Miyake, who is mentally challenged, gains insights into herself and makes new friends.
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