Everything else in the universe by Holczer, Tracy 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2018)

BTSB #: 456722 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
RC: 5.6 6-8 Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Amputees - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States - Fiction

Summary: In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm, and her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate through this difficult time of fear and uncertainty to realize she is much tougher than she thought.

Family reminders by Danneberg, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2009)

BTSB #: 257080 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.7 3-5 Lexile: 780

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Colorado - Fiction Wood carving - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction

Summary: When Mary's father loses his leg in a mining accident, she helps by earning money and encouraging her father to carve wooden figurines and play piano.

Hazard by Dowell, Frances O'Roark 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022)

BTSB #: 288969 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Families of soldiers - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Anger - Fiction Psychotherapy - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Afghan War, 2001- - Fiction

Summary: Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons.

Last monster by Garrett, Ginger 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 368862 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 710 F&P: Y

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Monsters - Fiction Cancer - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction

Summary: Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor Sofia has been chosen as the next Guardian of a book called The Bestiary, an ancient text. Drawn into violent and unpredictable mysteries, Sofia learns that these misunderstood monsters from the book are in danger and she is the only one who can save them.

One-handed catch by Auch, Mary Jane 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00405 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Sports

Subjects: Amputees - Fiction Self-reliance - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Family - New York (State) - Fiction New York (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.

Outside of a horse : a novel by Rorby, Ginny 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01524 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Horses - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction

Summary: When her father returns from the Iraq War as an amputee with post-traumatic stress disorder, Hannah escapes by volunteering to work with rescued horses, never thinking that the abused horses could also help her father recover.

Running dream by Van Draanen, Wendelin 

Paperback(Knopf, 2011)

BTSB #: 902659 Available

Dewey: SAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.1 MG+RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 650 HL F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Running - Fiction Amputees - Fiction Artificial limbs - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: When a school bus accident leaves Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

Time to dance by Venkatraman, Padma 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2014)

BTSB #: 907356 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.4 9-12 Lexile: 720

Genres:

Subjects: Novels in verse Dance - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction India - Fiction

Summary: In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.

Wind dancer by Platt, Chris 

BTSB Prebound(Peachtree, 2014)

BTSB #: 721188 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 3.8 3-5 Lexile: 660

Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Amputees - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Appaloosa horses - Fiction Horses - Fiction Siblings - Fiction

Summary: Having lost her beloved pony in a traumatic accident, thirteen-year-old Ali is reluctant to help her parents care for a neglected, malnourished Appaloosa but working with Wind Dancer is a good distraction from problems surrounding her brother, who recently returned from Afghanistan with a missing leg and PTSD.