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Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom - the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged...
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Features seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special.It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the nex...
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“Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid.”Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask fo...
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Chase's memory just went out the window.Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.He knows he's Chase. But who is Chase? When he gets back to school,...
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A New York Times Bestseller!Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her differe...
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THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERSCaitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad ...
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Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life...until now.Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when he...
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Based on the author's childhood in the 1960s, a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro's Cuba to New York City. Just when she's finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English and enjoyin...
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Todd NesloneyThis true story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face is perfect for fans of Wonder--now with exclusive paperback content!When Robert Hoge was born, he had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs. Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose from one of his toes. Amazingly, he survived--with...
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A lightning strike gave her a super power...but even a super genius can't solve the problem of middle school. This smart and funny novel is perfect for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish, Rain Reign, and Counting by Sevens.Lucy Callahan's life was changed forever when she was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but the zap gave her genius-le...
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An award-winning and inspiring novel. When Jessica's dreams are shattered, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before. Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when yo...
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Small Steps by Peg Kehret
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter
When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend by Michelle Cuevas
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
Superstar by Mandy Davis
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
Sticks & Stones by . Anonymous
Hound Dog True by Linda Urban
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
Lemons by Melissa Savage
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Slider by Pete Hautman
Karma Khullar's Mustache by Kristi Wientge
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Sticks & Stones by Abby Cooper
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Best Man by Richard Peck
The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky by Holly Schindler
My Life in Dioramas by Tara Altebrando
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee
The Sky at Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi
Summerlost by Ally Condie
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Threads by Ami Polonsky
I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue