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Joey Pigza books volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
43) Sidetracked
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English
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ADHD Awareness - Youth
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
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"Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Living with his mother in a Berlin apartment house, Rico, a young boy with ADHD, enjoys playing detective games but when his friend Oskar suddenly disappears, possibly taken by a serial kidnapper, Rico determines to use his skills to find his friend.
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 2
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
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ADHD Awareness - Youth
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In the hot summer of 1994 in Fife, teenage Cora Mowat struggles with her small-town life and uncertain future while dealing with her mother's new, enigmatic boyfriend, Gunner, a one-eyed shoplifter with hidden secrets, and seeking to escape her circumstances after a tragedy strikes.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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The best “kid-friendly” recipes and guide to the gluten-free, milk-free diet for ADHD and autism just got better. In addition to updates on new research and findings, readers will find recommendations from the authors for packing school lunches and snacks, plus 100 brand new recipes! One of the challenges that parents face is coping with children who have picky appetites and crave the very foods that affect their behavior, focus, and development....
Author
Series
Rebel Blue Ranch volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"For the first time in her life, Clementine "Emmy" Ryder has no idea what she's doing. She's accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape. Luke Brooks is Meadowlark's...
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Ronnie loves organization, especially because her brother has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, but traveling with their grandfather who is investigating wind power in Kansas brings some pleasant, if chaotic, surprises.
52) New from here
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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ADHD Awareness - Youth
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
Back to School - Tween
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
Back to School - Tween
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
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When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evanss mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international moveand for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because hes from Asia, he must have brought over the...
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English
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ADHD Awareness - Youth
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2025 (Gr. 6-8)
Women's History Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2025 (Gr. 6-8)
Women's History Month - Tweens
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"In Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Adrianna Cuevas's new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory-that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD,"--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Growing up, Chloe Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And why are you people so touch-oriented? She moved between 10 schools in 8 years, struggling to become a person she believed society would accept, and was eventually diagnosed with autism and ADHD. When a life-changing group of allies showed her that different did not mean less, she learned to celebrate her true voice and find...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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The completely updated and expanded new edition of this well-established text incorporates DSM-5 changes as well as other new developments. The all-in-one guide covers the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children - from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety, to autism spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette's, sensory integration problems, and...
57) Each tiny spark
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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ADHD Awareness - Youth
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Disability Awareness Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
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Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.
59) Self-reg: how to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The first parenting book to bring the science and psychology of children's behavior together to build brain/body awareness for self-regulation and success. Self-Reg is a ground-breaking book that presents an entirely new understanding of your child's emotions and behavior that serves as a practical guide for parents to help their kids engage calmly and successfully in learning and life. Rooted in decades of clinical practice and research by leading...
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