Theme: Disability

Skate Fate

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

I wanted to roar out
touch things i had never touched. to see if it was true. was i still here was this life still here. on this side. whatever you call it dude. wanted to touch everything like van Gogh touched and smeared everything when he painted. so i wrote it and spoke it. maybe [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Good Night, Commander

By Book Importer | Published: July 23, 2010

The Commander has lost his mother and one of his legs in the Iran-Iraq war. Now he spends most of his time alone in his room where he recreates the conflict with an imaginary enemy and soldiers, trying to avenge his losses. His father urges him to take off his artificial leg when he is [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Iran, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , » 1 Comment

The Hero of Bremen

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Retells the German legend in which a shoemaker who cannot walk helps the town of Bremen, aided by the spirit of the great hero Roland.

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Masks

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When his older brother, Will, is unexpectedly and suddenly paralyzed, Pete uses his imagination and the power of his anthropologist father’s tribal masks to help his brother.

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko’s nearby village was turned into ruins, and her hand was badly injured. Mieko loves to do calligraphy more than anything, but now she can barely hold a paintbrush. And she feels as if she has lost something that she can’t paint without-the legendary fifth treasure, beauty in [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

The Crazy Man

By Mi-Kyoung | Published: December 1, 2008

This novel in verse tells the story of a 11-year-old girl struggling to recover after a farm accident leaves her crippled and fatherless.
After Emaline, 11, is crippled by a farm accident with her father’s tractor, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from the farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental [...]

Descriptors: Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Babu’s Song

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Bernardi lives with his mute grandfather, Babu, who supports them by making toys. Bernardi wishes he could go to school, but they can’t afford it. When a tourist offers a handsome price for the music box Babu gave him as a present, Bernardi regretfully sells it, giving the money to Babu. Babu uses the money [...]

Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Tanzania » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

One for All – All for One

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When clumsy Max Mouse isn’t tripping over himself, he’s falling flat on his whiskers. But as he venturs out on his own for the first time, he takes his mother’s advice:” Follow your dreams, Max, and never forget that you are something special.” So Max makes the best of what he’s got just like the [...]

Descriptors: Austria, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Sosu’s Call

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Sosu lives in a small village on a narrow strip of land between the sea and the lagoon. He tries his best to fit in, to be just another boy, but many in the village feel a boy with legs that don’t work is bad luck. His father is told to keep Sosu at home. [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Fiction, Ghana, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment