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Square peg : my story and what it means for raising innovators, visionaries, and out-of-the-box thinkers / by Rose, L. Todd.; Ellison, Katherine,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Rose, L. Todd.; Learning disabled; Learning disabled; Learning disabled; Learning disabled.;
© c2013., Hyperion,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How I learn : a kid's guide to learning disability / by Miles, Brenda.; Patterson, Colleen A.; Heinrichs, Jane,1982-; American Psychological Association.;
Introduces learning disability to younger students, emphasizing that they are capable of learning but do so in a different way. Includes a note to parents."Ages 4-8"--Page [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Learning disabilities; Learning disabled children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Flipping forward twisting backward / by Fullerton, Alma.; Mensinga, Sarah.;
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Subjects: Novels in verse.; Learning disabled children; Gymnasts; Girls;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Behind the label : Gloria and Willa / by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna.;
Gloria, an impulsive, naïve and likeable teen with FASD tries to keep her family together while her mother's addictions threaten a move to foster care. Willa, an older teen with LD, wants to play in a rock band where her gifts truly shine but her mother's controlling and perfectionistic personality-and Willa's increasingly abusive boyfriend-cause her unhappiness. When Gloria and Willa are partnered in a school club, they soon come to appreciate and depend on each other in a world that at time seems counter to their dreams.LSC
Subjects: Teenagers; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Learning disabled; High schools; Schools;
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Save me a seat / by Weeks, Sarah.; Varadarajan, Gita.;
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.LSC
Subjects: East Indians; Immigrants; Adjustment (Psychology); Learning disabled children; Bullying in schools; Friendship; Elementary schools;
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The truth as told by Mason Buttle / by Connor, Leslie.;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Learning disabilities; Best friends; Bullying; Missing children; Friendship; Schools;
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How to find what you're not looking for / by Hiranandani, Veera.;
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Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Middle school students; Learning disabled children; Sisters; Jewish families; Prejudices; Antisemitism; Interracial marriage; Interracial marriage; Bakeries;
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My name is Blessing / by Walters, Eric,1957-; Fernandes, Eugenie,1943-;
With the help of his grandmother and a special school teacher, a young Kenyan boy with a disability learns to see himself as a blessing.LSC
Subjects: Children; Children with disabilities; Grandmothers; Teachers; Schools; Orphanages;
© c2013., Tundra Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The foundling : a novel / by Leary, Ann,author.;
In 1927, when eighteen-year-old Mary Engle, while working at an institution for mentally disabled women, learns that a girl from her childhood orphanage is an inmate, who begs Mary to help her escape, it forces Mary to make a terrible choice with life-altering consquences.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Eugenics; Mentally ill women; Psychiatric hospitals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Just ask! : be different, be brave, be you / by Sotomayor, Sonia,1954-; López, Rafael,1961-;
In this creative non-fiction story, Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans. In this warm and inclusive story by U.S. Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, inspired by her own childhood diagnosis of diabetes, readers join along as differently abled kids use their strengths to work together and learn about each other.LSC
Subjects: Children with disabilities; Disabilities; Individuality; Cooperativeness; Gardens; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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