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Tangerine
By Edward Bloor. 2001
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer…
despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. For junior high readers. 2001.Summer of discovery
By Eric Wilson. 1984
Frightened, over-protected and confined to a wheelchair, Ian is away from home for the first time when he goes to…
camp. But Ian becomes part of the gang when they come across abandoned buildings haunted by ghosts. Grades 5-8. c1984.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.Stranded
By Ben Mikaelsen. 1996
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents…
when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales near her home in the Florida Keys. Grades 5-8. 1996.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.Solomons seal
By Hammond Innes. 1980
With the once-great family fortune dwindling, Perenna Holland feels that she must sell their house on the English seacoast to…
provide for her paralyzed brother Tim's care. When an inventory turns up an album of curious old stamps among Tim's possession, an estate agent pursues the background of the stamps and unravels an age-old dark secret. 1980.Sidetracked
By Diana Harmon Asher. 2017
Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class…
bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody. For junior high readers. 2017.Shot in the dark (Lorimer Sports Stories Ser.)
By Janet M Whyte. 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while…
dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence. When Liam, a new, first-rate player, joins the goalball team, Micah's frustration with his vision spills onto the court. He is rude to Liam and starts a fight with another teammate, Sebastian, after practice. It's only with the help of Cam, his Orientation and Mobility Specialist, that Micah starts to get a handle on his aggression and trust people enough to communicate how he feels. But with the team's big junior tournament quickly approaching, Micah has to reconcile his differences with Liam and Sebastian so as to become a real team player and help his team win the championship. Grades 5-8. 2015.Shooting monarchs
By John Halliday. 2003
Abused and neglected as a child, Macy grows up to be a high-school dropout, then a thief, a kidnapper, and…
a serial murderer while still in his teens. Misfit Danny, crippled by scoliosis and orphaned at a young age, suffers cruel taunting from his peers but grows into a brilliant, gentle, and compassionate, though lonely, teen. He loves Leah, the most beautiful girl in school, and it is she who unwittingly brings the two young men to the story's fateful climax. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2003.Rouli-roulant, rouli-roulante: roman (Collection Papillon ; #17)
By Mimi Legault. 1991
Rules
By Cynthia Lord. 2007
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.Reach for tomorrow (One Last Wish Ser. #No. 12)
By Lurlene McDaniel. 1999
Katie O'Roark is thrilled to land a summer job at a camp for children with medical problems, which she once…
attended--until she discovers that her old boyfriend, Josh Martel, is also working there. But when Josh has a terrible accident, Katie prays for help. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Rain shadow
By Valerie Sherrard. 2014
Bethany knows that she is special. She doesn't learn things as easily as her classmates do and that sometimes makes…
them mean to her. They call her names - including the really "bad" name. Even mom and her sister Mira say unkind things at times. But Bethany has friends like her neighbour Mrs. Goldsborough as well as happy times with dad when he gets home from work. And now, Mira has promised to protect her from the bullies when the new school year begins. Then tragedy strikes, tearing Bethany's world apart in ways she could never have imagined, and she starts to wonder if there will ever be a place that feels like home again. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2016 Silver Birch Fiction Honour Book Award. 2014.Les yeux noirs: une histoire
By Gilles Tibo. 2005
Mathieu, sept ans, est aveugle de naissance. Il va à l'école où il apprend à lire en braille. L'enfant est…
impatient de connaître la surprise annoncée par ses parents. Ceux-ci l'amènent à la campagne, dans une ferme. Un homme le conduit auprès de chiots dont il choisit, à la surprise de tous, le plus beau. 2005. Années 1-3.La ville handicapée
By Steven Laperrière. 2016
Ce roman allie réalité et fiction, nous présente la ville sous un angle nouveau, inspiré dune réalité souvent ignorée par…
notre société, celle des défis quotidiens auxquels les personnes handicapées sont confrontées. Fatigué de se heurter à une gestion politique trop lente, l'auteur souhaite sensibiliser la population aux besoins criants de la ville. C'est par une écriture contemporaine qu'il nous amène à regarder la vie des personnes à mobilité réduite, à travers l'œil de Josianne. Livre-choc sur la vie des personnes handicapées, voici une histoire actuelle, vibrante d'un optimisme contagieux où les situations loufoques, pimentées d'entraide, d'amour et de partage toucheront à coup sûr le lecteur. 2016.Florence & Léon
By Simon Boulerice. 2016
Florence a un problème aux poumons, mais enseigne la natation ; pour elle, c’est toujours comme si elle respirait dans…
une paille. Léon a un problème aux yeux et est agent d’assurance ; pour lui, c’est toujours comme s’il regardait par le trou d’une paille. Leur rencontre chamboulera leurs vies. Et si les différences pouvaient devenir une force ? Et si l’amour pouvait naître au bout d’une paille ? Années 3-6. 2016.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.Le miracle de Juliette (Collection Oeil-de-chat #Vol. 7)
By Pauline Gill. 2007
'Louïk et Mahé, deux amis inséparables... depuis leur entrée à la maternelle. Mahé, fille unique d'un enseignant, a un défaut…
de langage qui lui attire les moqueries des élèves de sa classe. Louïk prend sa défense jusqu'au jour où il est violemment frappé par une automobile. Sortir du coma est une chose, mais retrouver la parole et l'usage de ses jambes en est une autre. Ce qu'aucun spécialiste de la santé n'a réussi, l'amitié de Mahé et l'arrivée de la chienne Juliette dans la vie de Louïk y parviendront-elles ? Un roman jeunesse où sont révélés aux jeunes lecteurs les miracles de l'amitié dans la réalité scolaire et plus encore. Années 3-6. 2007.Obsession aveugle
By Fernande D Lamy. 2010
Trois mois se sont écoulés depuis les terribles événements vécus par Thierry, un jeune aveugle qui fut la victime sans…
défense du taxage et de l'intimidation d'une petite bande de trafiquants de drogues. École au sein de laquelle il a de la difficulté à s'intégrer, lui qui cache désormais sa peur sous un air hostile et revêche. La charmante Roxanne réussit toutefois à briser ses défenses et à le convaincre de l'accompagner à une sortie entre copains. Malheureusement, les tonalités d'une voix bien connue viennent gâcher ce retour à un semblant de normalité. Suite de "Cauchemar aveugle" (FD04612). Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, descriptions régulières de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010.