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1) Lottery
Author
Language
English
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Description
“My name is Perry L. Crandall and I am not retarded.”
LOTTERY is an extraordinary novel about the nature of luck and chance. Perry’s IQ is only 76, but he’s not stupid. His Gram taught him everything he needs to know to survive: She taught him to write things down so he won’t forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And most important, she taught him whom to trust.
When Gram dies,...
LOTTERY is an extraordinary novel about the nature of luck and chance. Perry’s IQ is only 76, but he’s not stupid. His Gram taught him everything he needs to know to survive: She taught him to write things down so he won’t forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And most important, she taught him whom to trust.
When Gram dies,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elric and his mother secretly care for his mentally disabled sister, Wynn, whom the villagers consider a changeling, until their father threatens to sell her, so they flee into the forest, even though Elric does not share her belief in magic.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
5) Nicole
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Because he is attracted to Nicole Stegman, a musician in the pep band, Josh Dutton, high school basketball star, befriends her mentally handicapped brother, who helps Josh learn to see people differently just as Josh helps Nicole and her family renew their Mormon faith.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A mysterious dollhouse and dolls that move on their own lead Amy, twelve, and her mentally-disabled sister Louann, eleven, to investigate the mystery surrounding grisly murders that occured years before.
7) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody...
8) I am Sam
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Season Two contains worlds (and alternative worlds) of excitement complete with shape-shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and people who turn to ashes before our eyes. But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Three unlikely colleagues -- a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who's spent the last 17 years in a mental institution, and the scientist's sardonic son -- investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as 'the pattern.' Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
12) Private Peaceful
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Three unlikely colleagues -- a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who's spent the last 17 years in a mental institution, and the scientist's sardonic son -- investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as 'the pattern.' Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Who are you? After sacrificing himself to save both worlds, Peter mysteriously returns to ours. But he has been forgotten, by Olivia, by Walter, by everyone. It's as if he never existed. At the same time, shapeshifters controlled by an unknown master begin an onslaught of destruction, and now the two former enemy universes must cooperate to defy a common foe. Fringe's thrilling 22-episode fourth season continues the inspired series' synthesis of astounding...
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The fifth and final season delivers a climactic conclusion. Picking up from events depicted in season four's flash-forward episode, the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team's final stand, which will bring together all they have witnessed in preparation for the final battle to protect our world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
I am the girl manny loves. the girl who writes our story in the book of flying. i am alice. Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words, but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows that words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chips shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow....
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