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Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ben and Aggie are playing in the park when she chases a ball and does not return, but after looking for her and worrying about her, Ben speaks with his blind friend, Mr. Thomas, who suggests a different approach.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
5) On the run
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When a persistent youth offender is caught yet again, he is sentenced to community service as the partner to a blind runner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
10) Hannah
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Nine-year-old Hannah, living on a farm in 1887 Michigan, is referred to as 'poor Hannah' because she is blind. In this brief historical novel, Hannah tells of a turning point in her life when Miss Robbin, the new teacher, comes to board with them and eventually persuades the family to let Hannah attend school.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
14) Truesight
Author
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Description
In a distant frontier world, thirteen-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.
Author
Publisher
Talewinds
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes a day in the life of a seeing eye dog, from going with his owner to the grocery store and post office, to visiting a class of school children, and playing ball. Also describes their three-hundred mile walk from Boston to New York.
Author
Series
Rugrats volume 8
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
1999
Description
The Rugrats try to find a cure for Spike when he suddenly and temporarily loses his vision.
19) Out of sight
Author
Series
Sports stories volume 86
Publisher
J. Lorimer
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The Brunswick Valley School soccer team's star goalie has a progressive eye disease and teammate Linh-Mai helps him through the changes that will occur.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.
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