people with disabilities

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The spelling bee scuffle

"Cherry Hill Elementary has always had two baseball fields, one for Sylvie Scruggs's fourth grade-and-under friends, and one for Jamie Redmond's fifth-grade crew. When Jamie's field is demolished for a kindergarten playground, the fifth graders want to take over the fourth-grade space. Finally, Sylvie and Jamie make a bet: Whoever wins the school spelling bee wins the baseball diamond too. Sylvie knows her friend Miranda will be the champion, no question, and the field will be safe for her team"--Provided by publisher.

Sick girl secrets

2022
Sometimes in high school, all you want is to be invisible. Being invisible might be the biggest problem of all for Natalie. She has a disability that causes chaos to her body on the inside but leaves her unmarked on the outside. She's learned to hide her pain so well that you would never guess she's not the same Natalie as she was before she got sick. But after having surgery, Natalie must return to school in a wheelchair. Now, Natalie has to decide if the painful consequences of pretending to be healthy are worth keeping the last of her sick girl secrets.

The disability experience

working toward belonging
2021
Discusses what life is like for people with different disabilities.

Out of my heart

2021
"Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride"--OCLC.
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Cooper's story

a puppy tale
2021
Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as a service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.
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The secret garden

a graphic novel
2021
Presents a graphic novelization o Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Seceret Garden" in whicht en-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers a disabled cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
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Demystifying disability

what to know, what to say, and how to be an ally
2021
"A guide for how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible place"--Provided by publisher.
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Emily's big shot

2022
Emily has trouble simultaneously managing her wheelchair and passing the ball in her class's games of floor hockey, so classmates Dmitry and Ryan offer to help her improve--first lesson is learn to relax and not get nervous. Includes a special activity reinforcing social emotional learning skills.

The secret garden on 81st street

2021
"Entitled loner Mary Lennox moves to her uncle's house in New York when her parents pass and makes friends for the first time, who help her restore her uncle's abandoned rooftop garden, teaching her to grieve and grow"--Provided by publisher.

Full-court press

2018
"When Elle begins to volunteer two days a week working with children with special needs, she has trouble juggling her new passion, basketball obligations, and schoolwork"--Provided by publisher.

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