physically handicapped

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physically handicapped

Tiger's fall

2001
After Lupe is partially paralyzed in an accident in her Mexican village, other handicapped people help her realize that her life can still have purpose.

The Flying Fingers Club

1988
Entering a new school, Donald struggles with his learning disability and makes friends with a deaf boy who teaches him sign language and joins Donald in a search for a newspaper thief.

Access to the world

a travel guide for the handicapped
1986

Roses

1984
When her father steals a rare rose from a florist shop, Isabel is pressed into employment there as payment to the hideously deformed owner.

A tide flowing

1981
Tormented by his mother's death, his father's rejection, and his grandparent's inability to understand him, Mark finally finds new strength and purpose in his acquaintance with a young quadriplegic with whom he shares an interest in nature.

Half the battle

1982
Jealous of the attention that has always been focused on his blind brother, Loren takes drastic action to achieve recognition for himself when the teenagers enter an endurance ride on horseback.

I'm not so different

a book about handicaps
1986
A young girl explains that even though she needs to use a wheelchair she still enjoys the same activities as everyone else.

Becky

1981
A deaf child lives with a hearing family while she attends school and enables them to become conscious of problems facing the deaf.

My mommy's special

1985
A little girl describes all the things she does with her mother who is confined to a wheelchair.

Gaps in stone walls

1996
Twelve-year-old Merry Skiffe, who lives on Martha's Vineyard in the 1880s, runs away from home because she is suspected of having committed a murder.

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