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Series
Expectations volume 53, 2001
Publisher
Braille Institute
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Expectations is an anthology of current children's literature produced annually in braille and presented as a gift from Braille Institute to blind children throughout the world"--T.p. verso.
Series
Expectations volume 52, 2000
Publisher
Braille Institute
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"Expectations is an anthology of current children's literature produced annually in braille and presented as a gift from Braille Institute to blind children throughout the world"--T.p. verso.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was...
5) Night watch
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Born blind, Kendra Michaels spent the first twenty years of her life living in the darkness. Then, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure developed by England's Night Watch Project, she was given the gift of sight. Her highly-developed senses (honed during her years in the dark), combined with her new found vision, have made her a remarkable investigator, sought after by law-enforcement agencies all over the country. But her newest case finds...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Most men can't handle Hazel. With the energy of a toddler and the mouth of a sailor, they're often too timid to recognize her heart of gold. New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Roomies, Beautiful Bastard) tells the story of two people who are definitely not dating, no matter how often they end up in bed together. Hazel Camille Bradford knows she's a lot to take--and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge....
Author
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,...
10) The seeing stick
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
It seems that no one from magicians to physicians can help blind Hwei Min, the only daughter of the emperor of China, see. Then, one day a wise old man with a mysterious seeing stick visits the princess. Will he be able to teach Hwei Min that there is more than one way to see the world?
12) Skateboard sonar
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although blind, Matty is an excellent skateboarder, but when the former champion mocks him during the skating competition, Matty shows that seeing is not everything.
13) Being blind
Author
Publisher
Rourke Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains what it is like to be blind and how blind people can use Braille, guide dogs, canes, and other aids to live independent lives.
14) Lucy's picture
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1994, 1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl creates a special picture that her blind grandfather can "see" with his hands.
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Writer Kurson tells the true story of one man's heroic odyssey from blindness into sight. Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May's vision. He began to contemplate an astonishing...
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