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1) The silkworm
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English
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When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost...
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Publisher Annotation: Rescue thought he?d grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog ? it?s the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he?s better suited to being a service dog, he?s worried that he?s not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica...
5) Crossfire
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English
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Shell-shocked and missing a foot-lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent "home" by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the "first lady of British racing," has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather....
7) Shark girl
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.
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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kate, seeking distraction from her recent diabetes diagnosis, begins dating Aidan, a young veteran who lost an arm in Afghanistan, and the two soon realize that they might mean more to each other than they first thought.
13) Finding balance
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English
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Teenage cancer survivors Mari and Jase have flirted for years at Camp Chemo, but when she transfers to his high school their different approaches to their history cause trouble.
14) Sea Glass Island
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English
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"With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it's hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples...
15) Shark Girl
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English
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On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything -- absolutely everything -- changed. Now she's counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That's her -- that's Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this...
16) No excuses: the true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life
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English
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Kyle Maynard, born with a rare disorder called congenital amputation, has no arms or legs below his elbows or knees. Yet, it has not prevented him from accomplishing more than some people who have all their limbs. In addition to excelling at wrestling on the high school and college level, he also maintains a 3.7 grade point average and has a very active social life. But, it's his positive attitude and his pursuit of normalcy that makes him so unforgettable....
18) How we roll
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.
19) Stronger
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inspirational and heroic true-life story of Jeff Bauman, the man whose iconic photo from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing captured the hearts all over the world.
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English
Description
Rachel Winnapee, a poverty-stricken, sixteen-year-old Native American orphan, goes to work at the opulent March summer home in the summer of 1945, where she is assigned the task of caring for Woody March, an emotionally shattered young man who is haunted by the injuries and memories of his time fighting in World War II.
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