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• Beryl

  the Making of a Disability Activist

  Galer, Dustin, 1983-

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  Local Author. Biography. Beryl Potter was a reserved working-class mother of three living a decent life, or so it seemed, when a harmless slip and fall marked the unravelling of everything that she had known about herself and the world around her.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out on a Limb

  a Novel

  Bonam-Young, Hannah,

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  Local Author. Romance. Winnifred "Win" McNulty has always been wildly independent and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Centaur's Wife

  Leduc, Amanda,

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  Local Author. Adult Fiction. Heather is sleeping peacefully after the birth of her twin daughters when the sound of the world ending jolts her awake. Stumbling outside with her babies and her new husband, Brendan, she finds that their city has been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

  Bowling, Dusti

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  Juvenile Fiction. New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

• Rudolfo Anaya

  Bless Me, Ultima ; Tortuga ; Alburquerque

  Anaya, Rudolfo A.,

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  Adult Fiction. Mythmaker, master storyteller, and a writer powerfully attuned to the land and history of his native New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya is one of the undisputed fathers of Chicano literature. Writing in an era when Latino voices were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fourth Wing

  Yarros, Rebecca,

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  Adult Romantasy. Note: Spicy. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Road of Bones

  Winters, Demi,

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  Canadian Author. Adult Romantasy. Silla Nordvig is running for her life. The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous quest: travel the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Lose Everything

  Couture, Christa,

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  Ontario Author. Memoir. A powerful testament to resilience by performing and recording artist Christa Couture. Christa Couture has come to know every corner of grief--its shifting blurry edges, its traps, its pulse of love at the centre and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El Deafo

  Bell, Cece

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  Juvenile Graphic Novel. Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers!

• Care Work

  Dreaming Disability Justice

  Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975-

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  Non-Fiction. Leah writes passionately and personally about disability justice, on subjects such as the creation of care webs, collective access, and radically accessible spaces. She also imparts her own survivor skills and wisdom based on her years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death of the Author

  a Novel

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  Adult Fiction Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of her sister's wedding, her life is upended. Disabled, unemployed and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Making a Home

  Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People

  Powley, Jen,

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  Non-Fiction. In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Light We Cannot See

  a Novel

  Doerr, Anthony, 1973-

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  Adult Fiction. A novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Book Club Kit. No Time Like the Future

  An Optimist Considers Mortality

  Fox, Michael J., 1961-

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  Memoir. The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Way to the Top

  How One Girl's Fight for Americans With Disabilities Changed Everything

  Pimentel, Annette Bay,

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  Picture Book. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Jennifer Keelan grew up battling-and overcoming-the limitations others set for her. From a lack of cutaway curbs and bus lifts to being denied enrollment at her neighborhood school, Jennifer was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Year of the Tiger

  An Activist's Life

  Wong, Alice, 1974-

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  Memoir. This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project.

• Greek Lessons

  a Novel

  Han, Kang, 1970-

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  Adult Fiction. In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. Soon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Theory of Everything

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  Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Curse So Dark and Lonely

  Kemmerer, Brigid,

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  Teen Fiction. Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.

• Armond Goes to a Party

  a Book About Asperger's and Friendship

  Carlson, Nancy L.

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  Picture Book. A boy with Asperger's overcomes his social challenges to help a friend celebrate her birthday.