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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...
Author
Series
Amish country crossroads volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Journalist Philip Bradley, having discovered the cause of Rachel Yoder's blindness, is compelled to learn what he can about the possibility for a cure, but Rachel has her own ideas about the way her vision might be restored.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
In a twist of fate, young Christian Morris's plans take a drastic detour in the form of a beautiful and frightened girl. Scarlett, a blind British teenager, suddenly appears in his life after escaping from her murderous kidnappers. Determined to protect Scarlett, whatever the price, Christian embarks on a dangerous course as he fights to keep her alive.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
A mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world, in an uplifting tale.
"[A] heartwarming and inspirational novel about a mother and daughter who face challenges, cope with celebrity, and overcome tragedy while maintaining the outward appearance of . . . A PERFECT LIFE. The epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, and grace, Blaise McCarthy...
Author
Series
Because you'll never meet me volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Rosie and her best friend just can't seem to get along, but Granny Torrelli knows just what to do to make things better. With warm words and secret recipes, she helps Rosie see that nothing can break the bond between two life long pals.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old blind teen Will Porter undergoes an experimental surgery that enables him to see for the first time, all while navigating a new school, new friends, and a crush"--
Author
Series
Cobtown story volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1845, Cobtown's Christmas is affected by the failure of the organ at the party being given to feed the residents' pets and by the arrival of a mysterious blind man who does not speak English.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
13) Girl, stolen
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.
14) Star of light
Author
Publisher
Moody Press
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In a mountain village in Morocco, an Englishwoman transforms the lives of her visiting niece, a blind baby girl, and an eleven-year-old boy through her work as a missionary nurse.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
16) Undaunted
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Falling in love with her boss's handsome millionaire neighbor was easy for young Emma Copeland. Despite the vast differences between them, and a past that's left Connor Sinclair reclusive and wary, Emma gambles her heart on a desire that rocks them both. But there's something Connor doesn't know: Emma is responsible for an accident that changed his life forever. Connor lives by rules intended to protect both him and his vast wealth. Emma's innocence...
17) Run
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Bo Dickinson, an over-protected, legally blind girl, and her best friend, Agnes Atwood, steal the Atwoods' car in a desperate attempt to get out of town after a brush with the law.
18) Hindsight
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Investigating the baffling murders of two staff members at a school for the blind, investigator Kendra Michaels draws on her experience with a former sight disability to uncover a terrifying conspiracy.
19) Blind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a horrific accident leaves her blind, fifteen-year-old Emma, one of seven children, eagerly starts high school as a sophomore, and finds that nearly everything has changed--sometimes for the better.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline and communication skills. Includes historical notes and timeline.
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