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The custodian of paradise
By Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The dark days of Hamburger Halpin
By Josh Berk. 2010
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but…
still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.Seeing red
By Lina Meruane, Megan McDowell. 2016
This autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke,…
leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, illness, science, and human relationships. Winner of the Sor Juana IneÌs de la Cruz Prize (Mexico), 2012, and of the Anna Seghers Prize (Germany), 2011. 2016. Uniform title: Sangre en el ojo.Star gazing
By Linda Gillard. 2008
Blind since birth, widowed in her twenties, now lonely in her forties, Marianne's passionate nature finds solace and expression in…
music, a love she finds she shares with Keir, a man she encounters on her doorstep one winter's night. Can Marianne trust her feelings for this reclusive stranger who wants to take a blind woman to his island home on Skye, to 'show' her the stars? 2008.Run
By Eric Walters. 2003
Winston is suspended from school and keeps running away from home, so his mother sends him to stay with his…
father, a well-known newspaper reporter who's covering the story of Terry Fox and his friend Doug Alward. Winston spends time with Terry and Doug, and their determination to achieve what seems like an impossible goal makes a big impression on him. But can Winston learn enough to deal with an article of his father's that characterizes Terry and Doug in an unflattering way, and with his own problems? Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Grades 5-8. 2003.Derrière la façade de mes yeux: récit
By Marie-Claude Bernier. 2010
Laurence Saint-Germain a vingt-quatre ans. Elle travaille, habite un appartement en ville et a un amoureaux. Sa vie ressemble en…
tout point à celle des jeunes femmes de son âge. Enfin, presque, puisque Laurence est aveugle. Elle n'était encore qu'un petit être dans le ventre de sa mère, que déjà, elle était différente. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2010.Poppy Shakespeare
By Clare Allan. 2006
Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a day hospital in North London. N has been a patient here for thirteen years;…
day after day N sits smoking in the common room, swapping medication and comparing MAD money rates. Like all the patients at the Dorothy Fish, N's chief ambition is never to be discharged, until Poppy Shakespeare turns up and things begin to change. Strong language. 2006.Où on va, papa ?
By Jean-Louis Fournier. 2008
La maison habitée: [roman] ((Voix narratives).)
By Geneviève Lévesque. 2014
" Une jeune femme aveugle hérite de la maison de son oncle et replonge malgré elle dans une enfance peuplée…
de personnages inquiétants, qu'on ne sait réels ou imaginaires, et où les souvenirs-choc se matérialisent. Avec La maison habitée, un premier roman vivant et original dans lequel le cauchemar, le rêve et la réalité s'entrecroisent, Geneviève Lévesque nous entraîne dans un monde troublant, presque surréaliste. " -- 4e de couv.La jeune fille au piano: [dans l'univers de La Saline]
By Louise Lacoursière. 2015
Montréal, 1894. Anne Alarie, seize ans, débarque dans la métropole afin d'entamer des études en musique à l'Institut Nazareth. Aveugle…
depuis l'enfance, la fille du ramancheur de Saint-Léon-le-Grand se retrouve loin du cocon familial, et son arrivée dans ce nouvel environnement ne se fera pas sans heurt ; la vie au pensionnat, l'enseignement des religieuses, les amitiés féminines et les premiers émois amoureux baliseront ce passage vers l'âge adulte et la métamorphoseront. Nul besoin d'avoir lu La Saline pour savourer La Jeune Fille au piano. Toutefois, les lecteurs de cette trilogie seront heureux de retrouver l'univers de cette saga puisque Louise Lacoursière reprend le fil de son histoire en développant des personnages secondaires forts qui croiseront Anne Alarie dans des moments riches en rebondissements. 2015.Look: [roman]
By Romain Villet. 2014
" Lucien est pianiste de jazz. Il est aveugle. Un soir, il rencontre Sophie, une architecte qui plane dans l'air…
du temps. Avec elle, sortant de sa nuit presque noire, guidé par cette main rassurante dans les tourbillons colorés de la société de l'image, il entrevoit bientôt un avenir. Mais, un jour, Sophie ressent le besoin de voyager. Voir du pays? Lucien résiste, lui le détracteur du tourisme de masse, du fun et des charters, lui le casanier qui ne voyage d'ordinaire que par la musique ou les mots. Il accepte pourtant de la suivre pour un trek au Maroc... " -- 4e de couv.La porte d'en face ((Les Premiers romans).)
By Ester Rota Gasperoni. 2002
Gianni est intrigué par le nouveau voisin ainsi que par son chien. Grand-mère dit qu'il est aveugle mais Gianni a…
l'impression qu'il voit. Peu à peu, il apprend des choses sur cet homme qui parle anglais, joue du piano et cache un gros secret. Années 3-6. 2002.Le coeur en braille
By Pascal Ruter. 2012
Jusque là, pour Victor, une année scolaire c'est du saut à l'élastique sans l'élastique. Ce qu'il préfère ? Écouter les…
Rolling Stones, se gaver de loukoums avec son copain Haïçam, parler mécanique avec son drôle de père Quand il ne s'amuse pas à planquer le PQ des toilettes des filles, il essaie d'échapper aux punitions qui pleuvent sur lui comme la foudre sur le paratonnerre. Mais lorsque Marie-José, génie absolue, déboule dans sa vie un beau jour de contrôle de math, c'est tout son univers qui implose Pourquoi soudainement cette première de la classe, violoncelliste de talent, va-t-elle avoir besoin de lui ? Une amitié étrange va naître entre ces deux ados que tout oppose Vont-ils pouvoir cacher le secret de Marie-José jusqu'au bout ? Années 5-8. 2012.Juste un coin de ciel bleu: roman
By Gilbert Bordes. 2006
Deaf sentence
By David Lodge. 2008
When the university merged his Department of Linguistics with English, Professor Desmond Bates took early retirement, but he is not…
enjoying it. His wife Winifred's late-flowering career goes from strength to strength, reducing his role to that of escort and househusband. The monotony of his days is relieved only by wearisome journeys to London to check on the welfare of his eighty-nine-year-old father. But these discontents are nothing compared to the affliction of hearing loss. 2008.Forward, Shakespeare! (Orca young readers)
By Jean Little. 2005
Seeing Eye dog Shakespeare from "Rescue Pup" (DC30998) is about to be matched up with a blind boy, ready to…
begin his working life. Tim is enraged by his blindness and wants nothing to do with a guide dog. But he is no match for Shakespeare. Grades 4-7. 2005.Fragile bones: Harrison & Anna (One-2-one. #1)
By Lorna Schultz Nicholson. 2015
Meet Harrison and Anna. One is a fifteen-year-old boy with an uncanny ability to recite every bone in the skeletal…
system whenever he gets anxious - and that happens a lot. The meaning of "appropriate behaviour" mystifies him: he doesn't understand most people and they certainly don't understand him. The other is a graduating senior with the world at her feet. Joining the Best Buddies club at her school and pairing up with a boy with Aspergers/autism is the perfect addition to her med school applications. Plus, the president of the club is a rather attractive, if mysterious, added bonus. Told in the alternating voices of Harrison and Anna, this is the story of two teens whose lives intertwine in unexpected ways. For junior high readers and older. 2015.Hero of lesser causes
By Julie Johnston. 1992
Twelve-year-old Keely Connor loves a challenge and is carefree and adventurous in her daily life in 1946 Canada. She faces…
a bigger challenge than she could have ever imagined, however, when her gifted older brother, Patrick, is paralyzed with polio and loses interest in living. Keely takes on the cause of healing Patrick's broken spirit and renewing his zest for life. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Winner of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1992.Diamond in the rough: more fun adventures with Abby Diamond
By Kristie Smith-Armand. 2010
Abby Diamond, Girl Detective, doesn't let her visual impairment stand in the way of solving the mysteries that surround her…
and Neils, Alison, Andrea, Jaxson and Glen. Now Abby and her friends have met up with children and adults who are not what they seem to be. Are the new friends really ghosts or the figment of Abby's imagination? Grades 4-7. c2010.Coming to terms (Cover-to-cover Books)
By Rose Bevins. 2004
Gina isn't looking forward to the weekend - instead of spending it at her best friend's house, her mother's friends…
are visiting with their son, Ricky, who's blind. She'll be stuck in the house with him while the adults go to a high school reunion. How is she supposed to act around Ricky when she's never even met a blind person before? Grades 4-7. 2004.