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Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to fifteen fascinating disabled athletes and their many achievements, daily challenges, and joys. Includes an Author's Note, glossary, and history of the Paralympics"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A photo-essay focusing on a teenager with quadriplegia and his capuchin monkey, illustrating how capuchins are trained to provide help and companionship to people who are disabled.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a child with polio in the early 1900s, swimming set Ethelda Bleibtrey free. The water released her from her pain and helped her build strong muscle--and a powerful spirit. From then on, from the New York beaches to the 1920 Olympics, Ethelda made a splash wherever she went"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this inspirational story of courage, determination, strength, and self-invention, an elite wheelchair racer and wrestler recounts a childhood of abuse and neglect until he meets two saviors--a wrestling coach who sensed his "warrior spirit" and his adoptive mother who set him up for success.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong in school and society -a powerful role model for young adults with a passion for activism"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography follows the life of Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record, becoming a hero to fans everywhere.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports, including...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how seizure-alert dogs can help people with epilepsy and other seizure disorders, describing how they are trained, what they do to alert their partners of a seizure, and how they bond with their partners.
13) Bethany Hamilton
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bethany Hamilton learned to surf when she was three years old, and she joined--and won--many surfing competitions as a child. When she was thirteen, while she was surfing one morning, a shark suddenly attacked her and bit off her left arm. Through hard work, courage, and faith, Bethany persisted and went on to reach her dream of becoming a professional surfer. Along the way, she used her experience to provide inspiration and comfort to surfers and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Undercats
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of 17-time Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden. Born with spina bifida in Russia, Tatyana was raised in an orphanage where she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life. In 1994, she was adopted and moved to the United States, where she started racing and breaking records; and is now considered the best female wheelchair racer of all time, and the fastest woman on Earth"--Amazon.com.
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