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Seeing red
Par Lina Meruane, Megan McDowell. 2016
This autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke,…
leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, illness, science, and human relationships. Winner of the Sor Juana IneÌs de la Cruz Prize (Mexico), 2012, and of the Anna Seghers Prize (Germany), 2011. 2016. Uniform title: Sangre en el ojo.Shot in the dark (Lorimer Sports Stories Ser.)
Par Janet M Whyte. 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while…
dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence. When Liam, a new, first-rate player, joins the goalball team, Micah's frustration with his vision spills onto the court. He is rude to Liam and starts a fight with another teammate, Sebastian, after practice. It's only with the help of Cam, his Orientation and Mobility Specialist, that Micah starts to get a handle on his aggression and trust people enough to communicate how he feels. But with the team's big junior tournament quickly approaching, Micah has to reconcile his differences with Liam and Sebastian so as to become a real team player and help his team win the championship. Grades 5-8. 2015.Shadow season: a novel
Par Tom Piccirilli. 2009
Ex-cop Finn was left blind by violence, but he can still see the body of his wife, Dani, and a…
crime scene that won't fade from his mind's eye. Now a professor, Finn learns that an isolated girls' prep school can be every bit as dangerous as city streets when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard during a raging blizzard. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Rose of no man's land
Par Michelle Tea. 2005
With a hypochondriac mother, an older sister who dreams of being on reality TV, and Mom's live-in, unemployed slacker boyfriend…
passing for a family, it's no wonder Trisha is a loner. Tiring of never leaving her bedroom, the 14-year-old makes a plan for the summer: meet someone and make a friend. That friend turns out to be chain-smoking Rose, the classic dangerous friend, who introduces Trisha to life on the edge. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, and explicit strong language. 2005.Derrière la façade de mes yeux: récit
Par Marie-Claude Bernier. 2010
Laurence Saint-Germain a vingt-quatre ans. Elle travaille, habite un appartement en ville et a un amoureaux. Sa vie ressemble en…
tout point à celle des jeunes femmes de son âge. Enfin, presque, puisque Laurence est aveugle. Elle n'était encore qu'un petit être dans le ventre de sa mère, que déjà, elle était différente. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2010.La maison habitée: [roman] ((Voix narratives).)
Par Geneviève Lévesque. 2014
" Une jeune femme aveugle hérite de la maison de son oncle et replonge malgré elle dans une enfance peuplée…
de personnages inquiétants, qu'on ne sait réels ou imaginaires, et où les souvenirs-choc se matérialisent. Avec La maison habitée, un premier roman vivant et original dans lequel le cauchemar, le rêve et la réalité s'entrecroisent, Geneviève Lévesque nous entraîne dans un monde troublant, presque surréaliste. " -- 4e de couv.Money boy
Par Paul Yee. 2011
Chinese immigrant Ray Liu is having a tough time getting grades that please his father, speaking English, and connecting to…
the other Chinese kids at his school who seem to have adjusted more easily. When his father discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites, he’s kicked out and ends up in downtown Toronto, where he gets robbed, beaten up, and seduced. Soon Ray has to decide if, to survive, he could sell himself for sex. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care? For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2011.La jeune fille au piano: [dans l'univers de La Saline]
Par Louise Lacoursière. 2015
Montréal, 1894. Anne Alarie, seize ans, débarque dans la métropole afin d'entamer des études en musique à l'Institut Nazareth. Aveugle…
depuis l'enfance, la fille du ramancheur de Saint-Léon-le-Grand se retrouve loin du cocon familial, et son arrivée dans ce nouvel environnement ne se fera pas sans heurt ; la vie au pensionnat, l'enseignement des religieuses, les amitiés féminines et les premiers émois amoureux baliseront ce passage vers l'âge adulte et la métamorphoseront. Nul besoin d'avoir lu La Saline pour savourer La Jeune Fille au piano. Toutefois, les lecteurs de cette trilogie seront heureux de retrouver l'univers de cette saga puisque Louise Lacoursière reprend le fil de son histoire en développant des personnages secondaires forts qui croiseront Anne Alarie dans des moments riches en rebondissements. 2015.Fé aime Fé ((Titan +).)
Par Amélie Dumoulin. 2015
C'est un peu le chaos autour de Fé présentement : dans sa famille, dans sa tête, dans son coeur surtout.…
En fait, si elle cherche ce qui la définit, tout ce qui lui vient en tête, c'est une équation simple mais non résolue : Fé M Fé . Une fille qui se demande qui elle est et qui elle aime. Une fille qui aime une fille. C'est simple... ou c'est compliqué? Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2015.Look: [roman]
Par Romain Villet. 2014
" Lucien est pianiste de jazz. Il est aveugle. Un soir, il rencontre Sophie, une architecte qui plane dans l'air…
du temps. Avec elle, sortant de sa nuit presque noire, guidé par cette main rassurante dans les tourbillons colorés de la société de l'image, il entrevoit bientôt un avenir. Mais, un jour, Sophie ressent le besoin de voyager. Voir du pays? Lucien résiste, lui le détracteur du tourisme de masse, du fun et des charters, lui le casanier qui ne voyage d'ordinaire que par la musique ou les mots. Il accepte pourtant de la suivre pour un trek au Maroc... " -- 4e de couv.La porte d'en face ((Les Premiers romans).)
Par Ester Rota Gasperoni. 2002
Gianni est intrigué par le nouveau voisin ainsi que par son chien. Grand-mère dit qu'il est aveugle mais Gianni a…
l'impression qu'il voit. Peu à peu, il apprend des choses sur cet homme qui parle anglais, joue du piano et cache un gros secret. Années 3-6. 2002.Le coeur en braille
Par Pascal Ruter. 2012
Jusque là, pour Victor, une année scolaire c'est du saut à l'élastique sans l'élastique. Ce qu'il préfère ? Écouter les…
Rolling Stones, se gaver de loukoums avec son copain Haïçam, parler mécanique avec son drôle de père Quand il ne s'amuse pas à planquer le PQ des toilettes des filles, il essaie d'échapper aux punitions qui pleuvent sur lui comme la foudre sur le paratonnerre. Mais lorsque Marie-José, génie absolue, déboule dans sa vie un beau jour de contrôle de math, c'est tout son univers qui implose Pourquoi soudainement cette première de la classe, violoncelliste de talent, va-t-elle avoir besoin de lui ? Une amitié étrange va naître entre ces deux ados que tout oppose Vont-ils pouvoir cacher le secret de Marie-José jusqu'au bout ? Années 5-8. 2012.Juste un coin de ciel bleu: roman
Par Gilbert Bordes. 2006
Cammie takes flight
Par Laura Best. 2017
Eleven-year-old Cammie Turple grew up with more obstacles than most. Visually impaired and abandoned by her parents, she was raised…
by her tenacious, bootlegging aunt in rural Tanner, Nova Scotia. After Cammie and her best friend, Evelyn Merry, destroy the local moonshine still, forcing Evelyn's abusive, alcoholic father to sober up but nearly killing Evelyn in the process, Cammie convinces her aunt to send her to the Halifax School for the Blind. Cammie navigates life at her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. Unsure if she can trust her new friend, Nessa, Cammie enlists her help in tracking her mother down. Will Cammie finally learn why she was abandoned and be able to start her new life? Or will she find too many secrets to count, and realize that she might never put the past behind her? Sequel to "Flying with a Broken Wing". Grades 4-7. 2017.Flying with a broken wing
Par Laura Best. 2013
Cammie Deveau began life with a few strikes against her. She’s visually impaired, abandoned by her mother at birth, her…
father was a casualty of the Second World War—and if all that isn’t enough, she’s being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand new life. When Cammie learns about a school for blind and visually impaired children she becomes convinced a new life is waiting for her in Halifax, but how will she ever convince her aunt to let her go? Grades 3-6. 2013.Forward, Shakespeare! (Orca young readers)
Par Jean Little. 2005
Seeing Eye dog Shakespeare from "Rescue Pup" (DC30998) is about to be matched up with a blind boy, ready to…
begin his working life. Tim is enraged by his blindness and wants nothing to do with a guide dog. But he is no match for Shakespeare. Grades 4-7. 2005.Holding still for as long as possible
Par Zoe Whittall. 2009
Trapped somewhere between growing up and being grown-ups, three twentysomethings hide behind excessive drinking and partying, and use text messages…
to relay their emotions. Meet Billy, a former teen pop starlet who suffers from severe panic attacks; Josh, a paramedic whose ability to patch up injured patients parallels his inability to repair his own emotional damages; and Amy, a rich kid trying to live the Bohemian indie life while dealing with her first broken heart. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2009.Diamond in the rough: more fun adventures with Abby Diamond
Par Kristie Smith-Armand. 2010
Abby Diamond, Girl Detective, doesn't let her visual impairment stand in the way of solving the mysteries that surround her…
and Neils, Alison, Andrea, Jaxson and Glen. Now Abby and her friends have met up with children and adults who are not what they seem to be. Are the new friends really ghosts or the figment of Abby's imagination? Grades 4-7. c2010.Adventures of Abby Diamond: out of sight (Abby Diamond)
Par Kristie Smith-Armand. 2009
Abby Diamond is an eleven year old girl who loves to solve the mysteries that surround her and her three…
best friends: Neils, Andrea and Alison. Being blind does not stop this girl detective from solving the cases that happen in her home and at school, including anonymous Braille notes, a missing parent, a haunted doll, and neighbourhood break-ins. Grades 4-7. 2009. (Abby Diamond)18 seconds: A Novel
Par George D Shuman. 2006
Wildwood, New Jersey police lieutenant Kelly O'Shaughnessy is stymied over the disappearance of young women. When an old man's untimely…
death leads investigative consultant Sherry Moore, blind and with the extraordinary ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse, to Wildwood, O'Shaughnessy's desperation forces her to accept Sherry's help, but not without consequence. Descriptions of sex, explicit violence and strong language. 2006.