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Basketball camp go-getter

Zoe's dribbling and passing skills improve at wheelchair basketball camp, but she gets frustrated when she cannot make a basket--will her new friends be able to help her meet her goal?.

The lumbering giants of Windy Pines

2024
While staying in the strange town of Slumbering Giant and discovering her missing mother is actually a demon slayer, 11-year-old Jerry ventures into the forbidden woods in her trusty wheelchair to unravel the truth about the town to save her mom.
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Super Max and the mystery of Thornwood's revenge

2018
Twelve-year-old Max is determined to investigate the connection between a hacker's online attacks of her grandfather and other town officials and suspicious activity at the supposedly haunted Thornwood Manor, even though her grandfather, who is Blue Creek's police chief, wants to keep Max and her souped-up wheelchair out of police business.

Bouncing back

Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.

Air

2023
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels. She has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone have started treating her differently: urging caution and trying to "help" and for an independently-minded girl who loves speed and big air tricks it is frustrating--so Emelyn and her best friends come up with a plan to change their minds.

Poojo's got wheels

2021
"Poojo is a dog who was born without back legs, but that'sok because Poojo's got wheels. He is clever, creative, and a great friend to everyoe and everything. Even when he's faced with a flat tire, there's no stopping this joyful pup"--OCLC.

Hoops and hopes

2022
"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to help Autumn realize that, no matter where she's from or how she speaks, she belongs at camp--and on the court--just as much as anyone else"--Provided by publisher.

WCMX daredevil

"Davalyn Hart was born with spina bifida, but she is determined not to let that define her, and, being a daredevil, she has taken up the sport of wheelchair motocross; now that she has a brand new, specially designed, wheelchair she is ready to fly--until a bad fall while trying to impress another player shakes her confidence"--OCLC.

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Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her widowed father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels; she has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) has started treating her differently: urging caution and trying to "help" and for an independently-minded girl who loves speed and big air tricks it is frustrating--so Emelyn and her best friends come up with a plan to change their minds.

Hoops and hopes

"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to help Autumn realize that, no matter where she's from or how she speaks, she belongs at camp--and on the court--just as much as anyone else"--Provided by publisher.

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