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2009
Friesen, Jonathan
Jerk California
[ages 14-18] Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.
327 p. 2008
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2009
Parker, Robert Andrew
Piano Starts Here : The Young Art Tatum
[ages 0-8] Art Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound that he heard drove him to become a virtuoso who was revered by both classical and jazz pianists alike
[29] p. 2008
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2009
Connor, Leslie
Waiting for Normal
[ages 9-13] Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
290 p. 2008
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2008
Rorby, Ginny
Hurt Go Happy
[ages 13-18] Joey is deaf, and her mother won't allow her to learn American Sign Language. Her isolated existence is turned upside down when she meets her neighbor and his sign-language-using chimpanzee, Sukari. Against her mother's wishes, Joey begins to learn to sign, and opens her eyes to a future filled with possibilities. When he dies,
2007
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2008
Stryer, Andrea Stenn
Kami and the Yaks
[ages 0-10] Kami is a Sherpa boy in Nepal who is deaf. He braves a storm in search of his family's yaks and finds the animals herded around a young calf whose leg is wedged between rocks. Kami slides down the icy mountain to get help and together the family rescues the calf. You'll find inspiration in Kami's abilities, his resourcefulness, and his courage.
2007
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2008
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
Reaching for Sun
[ages 11-13] Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.
181 p. 2007
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2007
Lord, Cynthia
Rules
[ages 11-13] Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
200 p. 2006
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2007
Sachar, Louis
Small Steps
[ages 13-18] Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
257 p. 2006
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2007
Seeger, Pete
The Deaf Musicians
[ages 0-10] Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.
2006
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