Melanie, a character born with cerebral palsy, is a true illustration of what a teen girl with cerebral palsy lives with. I recommend out of my mind for those who want to learn about classmates with disabilities.
A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!
"A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." -School Library Journal (starred review) "Unflinching and realistic." -KirkusReviews (starred review)
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a story that will forever change how we all look at anyone with a disability, perfect for fans of RJ Palacio's Wonder.
Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can't walk. She can't talk. She can't write. All because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She's the…
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother…
Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face; fitting in, friendship and first bras.
Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends - and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems really sure of who they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late developer'. She just knows that all her friends…
Booth Marshall has always been the steady one—the dreamer, the writer, the young man with his life mapped out. But this Christmas, nothing feels steady.
The snowstorm of the century sweeps across the South as Booth drives his 1978 blue Ford pickup from Kentucky to Ashburn, Georgia. His destination is the farmhouse where Courtney Faith, the girl he’s loved since they were seventeen, waits surrounded by her family. Blind, nonverbal, and terminally ill, Courtney may be facing her last Christmas. Booth is determined to make it count.
But the road ahead is treacherous. With every mile, Booth battles exhaustion, icy roads, and his own doubts about God’s plan. Along the way, strangers remind him of hope, and moments of surrender bring peace he cannot explain. Through it all, one prayer becomes his lifeline: “Jesus, take the wheel.”
Told with tender honesty and inspired by the powerful song that has touched millions, When Heaven Takes the Wheel is a story of love stronger than storms, faith deeper than fear, and the unshakable truth that even when our strength runs out, God carries us home.
