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Becoming Naomi León
By Pam Muñoz Ryan. 2004
For seven years Naomi and brother Owen lived happily with Gram in her trailer. Gram arranged Owen's surgeries for his…
physical disabilities and helped Naomi begin to speak again. When their mother reappears, Gram takes the children to Mexico to find their father and their heritage. For grades 4-7. Schneider Family Book Award. 2004Tending to Grace
By Kimberly Newton Fusco. 2004
Cornelia is shy and withdrawn because of her stutter. She feels even lonelier when her mother drops her off to…
live with an eccentric great-aunt in a rundown farmhouse. But slowly and warily Cornelia and her aunt learn to share their strengths with each other. Schneider Family Book Award. For grades 6-9. 2004Snap: a novel
By Alison McGhee. 2004
To help herself get through difficult situations, eleven-year-old Edwina "Eddie" snaps rubber bands on her wrists. During summer vacation, her…
best friend, Sally, faces the death of the grandmother who raised her and uncertainties about her own future. But with Eddie, Sally learns to cope. For grades 4-7. 2004The falconmaster
By R. L La Fevers. 2003
Ten-year-old Wat is rejected by his Norman England village because he has a misshapen foot and only one eye. When…
he rescues two baby falcons stolen by Lord Sherborne's wicked men, he meets a forest hermit who shelters him and teaches him magic. For grades 4-7. 2003Bird
By Angela Johnson. 2004
Bird, a thirteen-year-old African American girl, runs away to Alabama to convince her stepfather, Cecil, to return home. Two boys…
linked by a heart transplant befriend her: Jay, whose dead brother was the organ donor, and Ethan, Cecil's nephew, who received a new heart. For grades 5-8. 2004On the run
By Michael Coleman. 2004
Luke's latest arrest results in a community service sentence to partner with Jodi, a blind teenager, to run in the…
London marathon. Under Jodi's influence during training, Luke develops positive traits and prefers running as a sport instead of running as an escape from the police. For grades 6-9. 2003Lumber camp library
By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock. 2002
Vermont, 1920s. Ruby wants to be a teacher, but she has to quit school after her father's death in a…
logging accident to help care for her ten brothers and sisters. A chance meeting with an elderly blind neighbor transforms her life. For grades 3-6. 2002The seeing summer
By Jeannette Eyerly. 1981
At first Carey is disappointed when she learns Jenny, the new girl next door, is blind. She soon discovers, though,…
that she and Jenny are more alike than different, especially after they are kidnapped. For grades 3-6. 1981Nothing wrong with a three-legged dog
By Graham McNamee. 2000
Shy and the only white kid in his fourth grade class, Keath is an easy target for bullies. His friendship…
with classmate Lynda and her three-legged dog, Leftovers, helps Keath cope with visiting his beloved, stroke-victim grandmother and stand up to his major tormentor in school. For grades 3-6. 2000Granny Torrelli makes soup
By Sharon Creech. 2003
Rosie's grandmother knows that the kitchen is a wonderful place for trading confidences and advice in the form of stories.…
When Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, who is vision impaired, have a falling out, Granny Torrelli reunites them through cooking. For grades 5-8. 2003Mirror, mirror on the wall: the diary of Bess Brennan
By Barry Denenberg. 2002
In 1932 twelve-year-old Bess loses her sight in a sledding accident. Dictating her thoughts to her twin sister, Elin, on…
weekend visits home, Bess keeps a diary describing life at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she learns to read braille. For grades 5-8. 2002The guide dog mystery (The boxcar Children Mysteries Ser. #53)
By Gertrude Chandler Warner. 1996
When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny visit a guide dog training school, mysterious things begin to happen. After someone breaks…
into the kennel, all the dogs are still there, but Ginger's pen is covered with scratch marks. The Boxcar Children investigate. For grades 3-6. 1996The silent spillbills
By Tor Seidler. 1998
Thirteen-year-old bird watcher Katerina, plagued by stuttering and lack of self-confidence, stands up to her cantankerous grandfather, head of Farnsworth…
Aeronautics, to save the unique Connecticut wetland birds that inspired the design of his latest airplane but twice caused it to crash. For grades 5-8. 1998Rugby and Rosie
By Nan Parson Rossiter. 1997
A young boy tells about his beloved dog, Rugby, and what happens when Rosie, a puppy, comes to stay with…
them. After a year, Rosie leaves for training to become a guide dog for a blind person. For grades K-3. 1997The view from Saturday
By E. L. Konigsburg. 1996
Mrs. Olinski is hard-pressed to explain how she selected the four students who will represent the sixth grade in the…
Academic Bowl. But her choice of the four calling themselves "The Souls" was excellent. As the students prepare and compete, each reveals a reason for being part of the team. For grades 4-6. Newbery AwardStargone John (A redfeather book)
By Ellen McKenzie. 1990
From the first day Liza's little brother, John, joins her in the one-room schoolhouse, he is in trouble. Their teacher…
whacks him for being "stargone"--unresponsive to his lessons. In desperation Liza takes him to her retired teacher, who is now blind. Soon John begins amazing his classmates. For grades 3-6Tree by leaf
By Cynthia Voigt. 1988
In 1920 twelve-year-old Clothilde lives with her family on an isolated peninsula waiting for her father to return from the…
war. When he arrives, maimed and broken, he retreats to the boathouse. A mysterious voice helps Clothilde breach the gulf between her father and the rest of the family. For grades 6-9First came the owl
By Judith Richardson. 1996
Nita's father is in the Coast Guard and met her mother in Thailand. Now Nita's mother is hospitalized for depression,…
and Nita is struggling to understand and help. As she surprises herself by taking on the role of Snow White in her fifth-grade play, Nita finds symbolism in the huge snowy owl she spots on the beach. For grades 4-7Radiance descending: a novel
By Paula Fox. 1997
Paul's baby brother, Jacob, has Down's syndrome and has to be watched all the time. Their grandfather tries to help…
Paul understand his brother, but Paul is resentful and prefers not to think about him at all. Then Jacob's seventh birthday arrives, and Paul begins to see him in a new light. For grades 5-8Stranded
By Ben Mikaelsen. 1995
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, tries to save two stranded pilot whales near her home…
in the Florida Keys, despite her physical handicap. She faces problems at home as her parents contemplate divorce and she would like to prove her self-reliance to them. For grades 6-9