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Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Escaping her failing marriage in the United States, Grace Marisola has returned to Pondicherry to cremate her mother. Once there, she receives an unexpected inheritance-a property on the isolated beaches south of Madras-and discovers a sister she never knew she had: Lucia, four years older, who has spent her life in a residential facility. Settling into the pink house on its spit of wild beach, Grace builds a new and precarious life with Lucia, the...
2) Best buddies
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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A boy with Down syndrome and his dog are best friends, but how will they manage being apart when the boy heads to school for the first time?
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
"La tortuga Marian es una tortuga de piel rugosa con ojos limpios y tiernos. Se asusta si el viento sopla fuerte, esconde la caabeza y no la saca hasta que el aire se calma. Marian se levanta temprano, se lava la cara y se viste despacio. Un cuento sobre el síndrome de Down"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn't like when strangers stare at her because she looks different from them. Down syndrome allows Mia to see and understand the world in a way that may not make sense to others. She considers it her superpower--and instead of it making her strange, she considers herself a masterpiece. As we all are."--
5) Keeping Lucy
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the "feeble-minded." Ab tried to convince Ginny it was...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jamie likes to pretend he's a superhero. With his cape and gadgets, he feels like he can face anything. When his picture is chosen to be shown in Times Square for the NDSS Buddy Walk®, his family travels to New York City to see it. As he makes his way through the loud, busy, unfamiliar city, Jamie discovers that he doesn't have all his special tools. But he soon realizes that it isn't what he wears or the gadgets he uses that make him brave--it's...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--
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Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Four years after her husband Richard's death, Cate Morris is let go from her teaching job and unable to pay rent on the London flat she shares with her son, Leo. With nowhere else to turn, they pack up and venture to Richard's ancestral Victorian museum in the small town of Crouch-on-Sea. Despite growing pains and a grouchy caretaker, Cate begins to fall in love with the quirky taxidermy exhibits and sprawling grounds, and she makes it her mission...
Author
Series
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Born with Down syndrome, Portia knows people want to limit what she can do. Inside herself, Portia knows she can do anything--including getting over her fear of dogs. But when Penny the pit bull terrier shows up, she isn't so sure. Includes 'Never-Fear Dog Tips' and information about the dog breed, American pit bull terrier"--
12) Rosie loves Jack
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Rosie loves Jack. Jack loves Rosie. So when they're split up, Rosie will do anything to find the boy who makes the sun shine in her head. Even run away from home. Even cross London and travel to Brighton alone, though the trains are cancelled and the snow is falling. Even though any girl might find that hard, let alone a girl with Down's syndrome.
13) One-third nerd
Author
Language
English
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Description
Fifth grade is not for amateurs, according to Liam. Luckily, he knows that being more than one-third nerd is not cool. Liam lives in the Bay area near San Francisco with his mom and two younger sisters. Dakota is fascinated by science and has a big personality but struggles to make friends; Izzy, a child with Down syndrome, makes friends easily and notices things that go past everyone else. Dad lives across town, but he's over a lot. And then there's...
14) Willowood
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Lily has trouble leaving her best friend behind and moving to the city when her mother changes jobs, but she makes some very unlikely friends that soon become like family members.
16) Dead ends
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When Dane, a bully, refuses to hit Billy D because he has Down Syndrome, Billy takes that as a sign of friendship and enlists Dane's help in solving riddles left in an atlas by his missing father, sending the pair on a risky adventure.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
Author
Series
One extra sparkle volume 1
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Ellie is ready to have the best summer ever. She's especially excited to draw under her favorite tree and hang out with her big brother, Ben. But all Ben seems to care about is impressing the new lip-glossy neighbor, Sara. And all Sara seems to care about is turning Ellie's brother into a Hawaii husband! Luckily, Ellie's best friend, Ling, has the marriage list--a top-secret tool to track the lovebirds and stop a wedding before it starts. But nothing...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Marcus Vega mide seis pies de altura, pesa 180 libras y luce un incipiente bigote. Cuando tienes esta apariencia y apenas estás en octavo grado, te conviertes en una figura imponente y, al mismo tiempo, en un blanco fácil. Después de un altercado en la escuela que resulta en una suspensión para Marcus, su madre decide que es hora de un cambio de ambiente. Los lleva a él y a su hermano menor a Puerto Rico para pasar una semana con parientes a...
20) Census
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
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Description
Learning that he does not have long to live and will need to figure out how to provide for his developmentally disabled adult son, a widower signs up as a census taker for a mysterious government bureau and leaves town with his son on a cross-country journey.
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