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Realistic Fiction for Kids
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Realistic Fiction for Kids
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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.
3) Small steps
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
4) Roll with it
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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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Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone--even Harper, as she desperately tries to help him find a path to peace. Meanwhile, Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow with a gentler hand than her mother. But after enjoying...
9) I will dance
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Eva's cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to do many things, but she longs to dance and, finally, her dream is realized. Includes author's note and information about Young Dance Company.
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"Seventeen-year-olds Daisy, a talented violinist with cerebral palsy, and Noah, a great cellist with severe anxiety, plan to use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition, but when they are chosen to play a duet, they worry their differences will sink their chances"--OCLC.
13) Wings of a bee
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Her little sister Carey, who has cerebral palsy, is the only person who truly gets Bronwyn; but as Carey gets sicker and their mother gets more and more distracted, Bronwyn tries to carry on as usual until she is shaken by a frightening experience of her own.
16) Stoner & Spaz
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A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.
18) Reaching for sun
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Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.
19) Ceana has CP
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Ceana has a disability, but that doesn't stop her from doing many of the same activities that other children love. She just does them differently or more slowly. This story will help children learn empathy, diversity, and about being disabled. It will help them understand that we are all alike and we are also all different.
20) Cruise control
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A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.