down syndrome

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.

The story of two teens who help each other to find success and acceptance. Fifteen-year-old Erika works hard to be a star in her school production of "Grease" and sixteen-year-old Gianni, who knows he is different from the other boys in school and was born with Down syndrome, wonders if he is imagining a mutual attraction with a fellow actor.

Prince Noah, who has Down syndrome, lives in a kingdom where children go to school on great sailing ships segregated by gender and mental and physical abilities, but when the students are kidnapped by pirates, they must work together to escape.

When Dane, a bully, refuses to hit Billy D because he has Down syndrome, Billy takes that as a sign of friendship and enlists Dane's help in solving riddles left in an atlas by his missing father, an endeavor that sends the pair on a risky adventure.

Tells the story of Penelope, a girl who has Down syndrome, her growth and development, and how she and her family are affected by her condition.

Judith and Joyce Scott were fraternal twins. From birth they lived as though they were one person in two bodies, understanding instinctively what the other wanted and felt, despite the fact that Judy had Down Syndrome, profound deafness, and never learned to speak or sign. But this connection ended abruptly when, at age seven, Judy was taken from their shared bed to be institutionalized while Joyce slept. For the next thirty years, Joyce grieved her unexpected loss while navigating her relationship with an emotionally distant mother. In college, Joyce became pregnant and she, too, was sent away to give birth and relinquish to adoption the secret daughter she bore in hiding. Decades later Joyce resolves to reunite with her sister and hopefully fill their remaining years with joy. After becoming Judy's legal guardian, she enrolls her in an art center for adults with disabilities. Eventually Judy connects with fiber art and works relentlessly for the next eighteen years producing fiber sculptures. Unaware of her growing fame, she remains immersed in her artistic vision until her death in 2005. Today Judith Scott's contemporary fiber art work is displayed in museums and galleries around the world.

"Describes what it is like to live with Down syndrome, what its symptoms are, and how it is treated"--Provided by publisher.