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Dead ends
By Erin Jade Lange. 2013
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Disabilities fiction, Friendship stories, Adventure stories, General fiction, Family stories, School storiesReference
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Dane, a bully, gets caught fighting at school again and is assigned to work with Billy D., who has Down…
syndrome. A friendship forms, and Billy D. enlists Dane's help to find Billy's missing father. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2013365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's book of precepts (Wonder Ser.)
By R. J. Palacio. 2014
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Family stories, School stories, General fiction, Disabilities fictionGeneral non-fiction, Reference
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Auggie's teacher Mr. Browne provides a book filled with principles to live by for each day of the year. Companion…
to Wonder (DB 74228). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2014A Bucket of Stars
By Suri Rosen. 2023
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Friendship stories, General fiction, Animal stories, Disabilities fictionSocial issues, Parenting, Environment
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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.