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What my girlfriend doesn't know
By Sonya Sones. 2007
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Romance, General fiction, Alphabet, number and picture books, School storiesPoetry, Arts and entertainment
Human-transcribed braille
Robin, Sophie's boyfriend from What My Mother Doesn't Know (BR 14156), relates in free verse his perspective on love and…
heartache. Robin fears that Sophie may dump him because he is a social outcast and she catches him kissing another girl. Uncontracted braille. For senior high readers. 2007Becoming Joe DiMaggio
By Maria Testa. 2002
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Poetry
Human-transcribed braille
Narrative poem tells the story of an Italian grandfather and his American grandson who listen to the New York Yankees…
baseball games on the radio. Uncontracted braille. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2002A Bucket of Stars
By Suri Rosen. 2023
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories, General fiction, Animal stories, Disabilities fictionSocial issues, Parenting, Environment
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.Dyondzo Xitlhangu xa vutomi: UBC Uncontracted
By Jj Mhlongo. 2013
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Poetry
Human-transcribed braille
Xana matimba i yini? Matimba i vutivi, byi kumeka edyondzweni. Lowu hi wona mongo lowu buku leyi yi ringetaka ku…
wu andlala. Ku hlamusela leswaku matimba-xidzi ya ku herisa vusweti i dyondzo.