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Boy called BAT volume 1
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J FICTION ARNOLD, ELANA K.
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J FICTION ARNOLD, ELANA K.
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When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
2) Bubble
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J FICTION FOSTER, STEWART
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J FICTION FOSTER, STEWART
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Orphaned eleven-year-old Joe lives in a hospital due to his autoimmune disease, interacting only with his sister, an American boy with the same illness, and medical staff while dreaming of being a superhero.
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Charlie & Frog volume 1
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J FICTION KANE, KAREN
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J FICTION KANE, KAREN
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While staying with his grandparents in Castle-on-the-Hudson, Charlie stumbles upon a mystery but must learn American Sign Language to keep up with Frog, a deaf girl who wants to help solve it.
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Collectors (Jacqueline West) volume 1
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J FICTION WEST, JACQUELINE
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J FICTION WEST, JACQUELINE
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Overlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them.
5) El Deafo
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J GRAPHIC NOVEL BELL, CECE
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J GRAPHIC NOVEL BELL, CECE
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Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere...
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J FICTION PERETTI, PAOLA
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J FICTION PERETTI, PAOLA
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When nine-year-old Mafalda learns she will go blind in six months from Stargardt Disease, she needs the help of family and friends to retain what is essential to her.--
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"Emilia Torres has a wandering mind. It's hard for her to follow along at school, and sometimes she forgets to do what her mom or abuela asks. But she remembers what matters: a time when her family was whole and home made sense. When Dad returns from deployment, Emilia expects that her life will get back to normal. Instead, it unravels. Dad shuts himself in the back stall of their family's auto shop to work on an old car. Emilia peeks in on him daily,...
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J AUDIOBOOK FICTION HUNT, LYNDA MULLALY
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J AUDIOBOOK FICTION HUNT, LYNDA MULLALY
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Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of....
9) Focused
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Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework ... but she gets distracted. She knows she can't just say whatever thought comes into her head ... but sometimes she can't help herself. She know she needs to focus ... but how can she do that when the people around her are always chewing gum loudly or making other annoying noises? It's starting to be a problem-not just in school, but when Clea's playing chess or just hanging out...
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Told in two voices, Clover, twelve, and her autistic brother Fergus, eleven, discover they are descended from Wendy Darling and set off with Peter Pan for adventures in Neverland.
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"Pablo is homesick. He's only twelve years old, but he's lived in more countries than he can count. Since his parents divorced, he and his mother have moved from place to place for years, never settling anywhere long enough to call it home. And along the way, Pablo has collected more and more fears: of dirt, of germs, and most of all, of the ocean. Now they are living in the Phillippines, and his mother, a zoologist who works at a local wildlife refuge,...
12) In your shoes
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J FICTION GEPHART, DONNA
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J FICTION GEPHART, DONNA
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"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school, who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncles funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meetin the most unexpected way ... and it is the beginning of everything." -- Jacket.
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In 1970s Ohio, Lenny and her younger brother, Davey, who suffers from a rare form of gigantism, cope with his declining health by poring over each installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia Set.
14) Mascot
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J FICTION JOHN, ANTONY
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J FICTION JOHN, ANTONY
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"Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he's helpless now. He's sick of going to physical therapy, where he isn't making any progress. He's tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball--but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. Noah is scared he'll never feel like his old self again. He doesn't want people to think...
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J FICTION ERSKINE, KATHRYN
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J FICTION ERSKINE, KATHRYN
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Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
16) Out of my mind
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Out of my mind volume 1
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Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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J FICTION PANTELEAKOS, NICOLE
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J FICTION PANTELEAKOS, NICOLE
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Autistic and nearly nonverbal, twelve-year-old Nova is happy in her new foster home and school, but eagerly anticipates the 1986 Challenger launch, for which her sister, Bridget, promised to return.
18) Rain reign
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"Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with tow homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her different--not her teachers, not other kids, and not her single father. When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, the roads...
19) Roll with it
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J FICTION SUMNER, JAMIE
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J FICTION SUMNER, JAMIE
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J AUDIOBOOK FICTION SUMNER, JAMIE
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J AUDIOBOOK FICTION SUMNER, JAMIE
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Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
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J FICTION LEGRAND, CLAIRE
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J FICTION LEGRAND, CLAIRE
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Finley Hart is sent to her grandparents' house for the summer, but her anxiety and overwhelmingly sad days continue until she escapes into her writings which soon turn mysteriously real and she realizes she must save this magical world in order to save herself.