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Selected Juvenile Books on People with Disabilities

The following books are located in the Juvenile section of the library on the 1st floor (basement).
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Title/Author/Description Call #
  • Bluish
    •  / Virginia Hamilton
    -Summary: Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair.
    -Subjects: Leukemia; Wheelchairs; People with disabilities; Schools; African Americans
    		 PZ7 H1828 B1 1999
  • Brian's Bird
    •  / Patricia A. Davis; illustrated by Layne Johnson
    -Summary: Eight-year-old Brian, who is blind, learns how to take care of his new parakeet and comes to realize that his older brother, while sometimes careless, is not so bad after all.
    -Subjects: Blind; Brothers; People with disabilities
    		 PZ7 D29743 Br 2000
  • Can You Feel the Thunder?
    •  / Lynn E. McElfresh
    -Summary: Thirteen-year-old Mic Parsons struggles with mixed feelings about his deaf and blind sister while at the same time he makes his way through the turmoils of junior high.
    -Subjects: Blind; Deaf; Brothers and sisters; People with disabilities
    		 PZ7.M4784475 Can 1999
  • Dustin's Big School Day
    •  / Alden R. Carter; photographs by Dan Young and Carol S. Carter
    -Summary: Second-grader Dustin, who has Down syndrome, anticipates the arrival of two very special guests at his school one day.
    -Subjects: Down syndrome; People with mental disabilities; Schools; Puppets
    		 PZ7.C2426 Du 1999
  • Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
    •  / Harriette Gillem Robinet
    -Summary: Born with a withered leg and hand, Pascal, who is about twelve years old, joins other former slaves in a search for a farm and the freedom which it promises.
    -Subjects: Afro-Americans; Reconstruction; United States -- History -- 1865-1898
    		 PZ7.R553 Fo 1998
  • The Gypsies Never Came
    •  / Stephen Roos
    -Summary: Sixth-grader Augie Knapp, who has a deformed hand, is convinced by Lydie Rose, the strange new girl in town, that the Gypsies are coming for him.
    -Subjects: People with disabilities; Self-acceptance; Schools
    		 PZ7.R6753 Gy 2001
  • Moses Goes to School
    •  / Isaac Millman
    -Summary: Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their special school for the deaf and hard of hearing, where they use sign language to talk to each other.
    -Subjects: Deaf; Hearing impaired; People with disabilities; Sign language; First day of school; Schools
    		 PZ7 M63954 Mp 2000
  • My Brother Made Me Do It
    •  / Peg Kehret
    -Summary: In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.
    -Subjects: Rheumatoid arthritis; People with disabilities; Brothers and sisters
    		 PZ7 K2518 My 2000
  • Petey
    •  / Ben Mikaelsen
    -Summary: In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.
    -Subjects: Cerebral palsy; People with disabilities; Old age
    		 PZ7 M5926 Pg 1998
  • Prairie School: Story
    •  / Avi; pictures by Bill Farnsworth
    -Summary: In 1880, Noah's aunt teaches the reluctant nine-year-old how to read as they explore the Colorado prairie together, Noah pushing Aunt Dora in her wheelchair.
    -Subjects: Wheelchairs; People with disabilities; Prairies; Books and reading; Aunts; Colorado
    		 PZ7 A953 Pr 2001
  • Radiance Descending
    •  / Paula Fox
    -Summary: When he sees all the attention which his parents and people in the neighborhood give to Jacob, eleven-year-old Paul struggles with his feelings toward this younger brother who has Down syndrome.
    -Subjects: Down syndrome; Brothers; People with mental disabilities; Jealousy
    		 PZ7 F838 Rad 1997
  • Rainbow Joe and Me
    •  / [written and illustrated by] Maria Diaz Strom
    -Summary: Eloise shares her love of colors with her blind friend Rainbow Joe, who makes his own colors when he plays beautiful notes on his saxophone.
    -Subjects: Blind; People with disabilities; Color; Saxophone; Music
    		 PZ7 S9216 Mg 1999
  • Safe at Second
    •  / Scott Johnson
    -Summary: Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must find a new future for themselves.
    -Subjects: People with visual disabilities; People with disabilities; Friendship; Best friends; High schools; Schools; Baseball
    		PZ7 J6367 Saf 1999
  • Sarah's Sleepover
    •  / Bobbie Rodriguez; illustrated by Mark Graham
    -Summary: When the lights go out while her cousins are spending the night, a young blind girl shows them what to do in the dark.
    -Subjects: Blind; Physically handicapped; Sleepovers; Cousins
    		 PZ7 R61883 Sar 2000
  • The Secret Garden
    •  / Frances Hodgson Burnett ; pictures by Tasha Tudor
    -Subject: Physically handicapped
    		 PZ7.B934 Se
  • Susan Laughs
    •  / Jeanne Willis; illustrated by Tony Ross
    -Summary: Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.
    -Subjects: People with disabilities; Emotions; Play
    		PZ8.3 W6799 Su 2000

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