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Le sécret de Jeremy
Par Patricia Hermes. 1981
Lorsque Jeremy, en vacances chez ses grand-parents, apprend qu'elle doit y rester pour l'année, elle est prise de panique. C'est…
que Jeremy a un lourd secret qu'elle ne peut partager avec ses amies, même ses grands-parents n'aiment pas l'évoquer. À l'école du quartier tout le monde risque de le découvrir... Années 2-4. 1981. Titre uniforme: What if they knew?Sous l'oeil de l'horloge
Par Christopher Nolan. 1988
Comme Joseph, le héros de ce roman autobiographique, Christopher Nolan est handicapé de naissance, un handicape total. Seuls ses yeux…
lui permettent de communiquer avec son entourage. À l'âge de onze ans, il parvient malgré tout à se servir d'une machine à écrire grâce à une pointe fixée à son front. 1988. Titre uniforme: Under the eye of the clock.Tim
Par Colleen McCullough. 1977
Une femme d'un certain age, austère, rencontre Tim, jeune homme d'une grande beauté mais déficient. Bientôt, le sentiment maternel qu'elle…
éprouve envers lui se transforme et un grand amour naît entre eux. Ce qui les révélera à eux-mêmes. Descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle. 1977.The walking stick
Par Winston Graham. 1967
Deborah, cultured and intelligent, has been handicapped since childhood. Convinced of her lack of attractiveness, her work has become her…
life. Leigh, a painter, refuses to be discouraged by her rejections. As Deborah blossoms into a woman in love, she is drawn into a sinister unknown world. 1967.Spellhorn
Par Berlie Doherty. 1989
Laura is blind but is able to see with her "mind's eye" and senses a world that is separate from…
her friends and family. Only she hears the Wild Ones as they enter her village, searching for their lost Unicorn. Laura's life then becomes an exciting adventure within this haunting fantasy. For grades 5-8. 1989.The witch's brat
Par Rosemary Sutcliff. 1970
Because of Lovel's crooked back and healing skills, people believe he must be a witch. When his grandmother dies, he…
is driven from the village and seeks shelter with the Abbey of New Minster. Set in 12th century England. Grades 5-8. 1970.The door
Par Georges Simenon. 1964
Bernard Foy has lived a relatively uncomplicated life during the twenty years since his hands were blown off during World…
War II. He stays in his apartment in Paris painting lampshades while his wife Nelly works downstairs. Now Bernard experiences dizzy spells that he secretly attributes to a growing jealousy of Nelly's male acquaintances and obsession over a possible clandestine relationship. Some explicit descriptions of sex. c1964.The bell jar
Par Sylvia Plath. 1963
This autobiographical novel traces the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a brilliant 19-year-old college student who spends a month in…
New York City as a contest-winning junior editor on a fashion magazine. 1963.Tender mercies
Par Rosellen Brown. 1978
Peeling the onion: a gripping story, told with honesty and biting humour
Par Wendy Orr. 2006
Finding yourself in hospital, in a bed full of shattered glass, is traumatic. Coming to terms with multiple fractures and…
probable long-term difficulties is something else again - slow, painful, full of obstacles and questions with no clear answers. Anna is used to being athletic, popular, 'normal'. Now she feels the layers of her familiar self being peeled away; nothing is normal or easy. Can she pick up the pieces of her life? For junior high readers. 2006.A house divided
Par Catherine Cookson. 1999
Set at the end of the Second World War, a young man, blinded in action and a decorated war hero,…
returns home and strives to put his life back in order the best way he can. 1999.A different life
Par Lois Keith. 1997
Libby Starling has been looking forward to the school trip. But after swimming in the sea, she becomes mysteriously ill.…
Everyone seems to know what's best for her - doctors, physiotherapists, parents, the headteacher. Libby realises that she must choose what's important to her now. She learns how to be strong and, with the help of those who love her, she starts to live a new, different life. Junior and senior high readers.Au secours ! Je perds la vue !: roman (Cavales)
Par Martine Bisson Rodriguez. 2018
Léo est un champion de l'équipe élite de volley-ball de l'école St-Nicolas. Mais une grande épreuve l'attend : depuis quelque…
temps, sa vision lui joue des tours. Il a de plus en plus de difficultés à voir au tableau ou à lire un livre. Ses notes baissent. Il s'éloigne de ses amis qui ne s'expliquent pas son attitude. Même les membres de sa famille ne le comprennent plus. Quand un spécialiste lui confirme qu'il est en train de perdre la vue, il refuse de l'accepter. Tout son univers s'écroule... Que deviendra-t-il ? Léo cheminera pour apprivoiser, lentement mais sûrement, sa nouvelle condition, et devenir ainsi un bon exemple de résilience, de courage et de détermination pour les autres enfants. Un livre touchant dans lequel la persévérance d'un jeune sportif, blessé par la vie, fera vivre aux lecteurs plein de rebondissements et toute une gamme d'émotions. Années 3-6. 2018.Camped out (Orca currents)
Par Daphne Greer. 2017
More than anything, Max wants a break from Duncan, his special needs brother, and Derek, his mom’s new boyfriend. Max’s…
dad has passed away, and he really misses their old life. If he can convince his mom that she can afford to send him to camp with his best friend Ian, he’ll be able to get away for awhile. Ian is hooked on meeting some girls at camp, but Max just needs to have some fun without the pressures of family. When Max’s mom tells him he can go to camp, his excitement is quickly tempered. There’s a catch. The only way Max can go is if he takes Duncan and acts as his “helper”. Max, in fact, has to stay in a cabin with all the special needs campers. It seems like camp will be a bummer. Although Max resists his role as a special needs assistant, he always steps up to help Duncan when necessary. Sometimes, he’s the only one who can calm him down. When he meets Ainslie, a girl whose brother also has special needs, he finds a kindred spirit. Maybe camp will be better than he thought... Grades 5-8. 2017.Bat and the waiting game (Boy called BAT. #2.)
Par Elana K Arnold. 2018
When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means…
some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of his skunk kit Thor in the afternoons. Grades 2-4. Sequel to "A boy called BAT". 2018.Roll with It
Par Jamie Sumner. 2019
Ellie’s a girl who tells it like it is. That surprises some people, who see a kid in a wheelchair…
and think she’s going to be all sunshine and cuddles. The thing is, Ellie has big dreams: She might be eating Stouffer’s for dinner, but one day she’s going to be a professional baker. If she’s not writing fan letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she’s practicing recipes on her well-meaning, if overworked, mother. But when Ellie and her mom move so they can help take care of her ailing grandpa, Ellie has to start all over again in a new town at a new school. Except she’s not just the new kid - she’s the new kid in the wheelchair who lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. It all feels like one challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her first-ever friends. Now she just has to convince her mom that this town might just be the best thing that ever happened to them. Grades 4-7. 2019.This Is Not a Love Scene
Par S. C. Megale. 2019
"This Is Not A Love Scene rings brilliantly true from the first page to the last."-David Baldacci, #1 New York…
Times bestselling author Funny, emotional, and refreshingly honest, S.C. Megale's This is Not a Love Scene is for anyone who can relate to feeling different while navigating the terrifying and thrilling waters of first love. Lights, camera-all Maeve needs is action. But at eighteen, a rare form of muscular dystrophy usually stands in the way of romance. She's got her friends, her humor, and a passion for filmmaking to keep her focus off consistent rejection...and the hot older guy starring in her senior film project. Tall, bearded, and always swaying, Cole Stone is everything Maeve can't be. And she likes it. Between takes, their chemistry is shockingly electric. Suddenly, Maeve gets a taste of typical teenage dating life, but girls in wheelchairs don't get the hot guy-right? Cole's attention challenges everything she once believed about her self-image and hopes for love. But figuring this out, both emotionally and physically, won't be easy for either of them. Maeve must choose between what she needs and what she wants, while Cole has a tendency to avoid decisions altogether. And the future might not wait for either.Monsters (The Reckoner #2)
Par David A. Robertson. 2018
Cole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer…
but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest, the health clinic is on lockdown by a mysterious organization, and long-held secrets threaten to bubble to the surface. Can Cole learn the truth about his father's death? Why won't Choch give him a straight answer? Where the heck is Jayne? Oh, and high school sucks.Monsters is the second novel in David A. Robertson's The Reckoner trilogy. It is the follow-up to Strangers.West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Berry Burglars (West Meadows Detectives #3)
Par Liam O'Donnell. 2018
Myron, the third-grade detective who loves logic, facts, and solving mysteries, gets the chance to crack a third case when…
he finds out the school garden has been trampled and the strawberry plants are missing. Are raccoons to blame? Or did the baseball team sabotage the garden to take back their outfield? When neighborhood gardens are also found short of strawberries, Myron and his friends are on the case. Myron’s unique perspective from the autism spectrum and his eye for detail make him a top-notch sleuth. Similarly, the other neurodiverse kids in his resource room have unique talents that come in handy. Tech-lover Glitch’s satellite image–plotting skills, artsy Jordan’s mould-making abilities, and super-social Hajrah’s interview tactics come together to track down the culprits. Black-and-white spot illustrations accompany the text in the final West Meadows Detectives mystery, a fun and accessible page-turner for independent readers.Caterpillar summer
Par Gillian McDunn. 2020
Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond. When Chicken has a meltdown, Cat's the one…
who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She always knows what he needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat is the glue holding her family together. When a summer trip doesn't go as planned, Cat and Chicken end up spending three weeks with grandparents they've never met. With their help, Cat can be a kid again for the first time in years, and the journey she takes shows that even the most broken relationships can be healed if people take the time to walk in one another's shoes