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Despite being deaf as, a result of, a fireworks explosion, CEO of a St. Louis non-profit company, Noel Richardson, expertly navigates the hearing world. What some view as a disability, Noel views as a challenge-his lack of hearing has never held him back. It also helps that he has great looks, numerous university degrees, and full bank accounts. But, those assets don't define him as a man who longs for the right woman in his life. Deciding to visit...

When Iris Knowles is recruited to restore a hacked computer system, she's afraid the traumatic brain injury that compromised her vision will keep her from completing the job she was trained to do. But the cybersecurity expert's first sight of scientist Rebecca Roth instantly quells her fears, and sparks fly between the two of them. Iris and Bec both share a similar feeling of not belonging anywhere, and must now work together on a life-and-death mission....

"Your fake relationship shouldn't come with chronic feelings. Skylar is done with offline relationships-especially romantic ones. Living with chronic illness means she's heard it all before: unreliable, high-maintenance, too much. She'd rather spend her free time in her online chronic pain support group, and lately, she can't help but notice Pike, the hot new guy with a penchant for broody poetry. When a chaotic night in the group forces her to pose...

Set in 1917 in a small Australian outback town and against the backdrop of a nation at war, Let the Balloon Go is a poignant story of a boy and his family. Young John Sumner has contracted polio and wears a leg brace. He also suffers mild epilepsy. While his brothers fight in the war overseas, John fights a much more personal battle – the battle for his own freedom. His over-anxious mother is afraid to let him play games and climb trees like other...

Written as a series of letters to her dead mother, nearly eighteen-year-old Rhea leaves Ireland for America in 1999, struggling with grief and confusion and seeking answers about her mother's past.

"Wheelchair user Margaret Kingsley secretly crafts gadgets for a covert team of lady inspectors. When her expertise is needed to infiltrate the domain of London's most prolific inventor, she teams up with the inventor's secretary, Charles Noble. As strange occurrences surface, they must unravel a plot of sabotage while grappling with sparks of attraction"-- Provided by publisher.

"The classic children's novel of a teenage girl and her special needs brother is "quite simply, a wonderfully moving story about the power of love" ( Times Educational Supplement ). Twelve-year-old Anna Peacock is looking forward to the birth of her baby brother. But when Ben is born with a rare condition, it is clear that he will never be like other children. Though Anna loves him immensely, she finds herself unable to tell her friends the truth...

"A rhyming picture book that demystifies and respects how disabled people and their families use different forms of communication to connect and show love"-- Provided by publisher.

"A classroom of middle schoolers with disabilities creates an imaginary "wizarding school" that seemingly becomes real and turns the whole school upside down"-- Provided by publisher.

Tired of being cooped up at home in his wheelchair, eleven-year-old Siegfried decides to take control of his life by responding to the call of a giant.