Sky-blue bench by Rahman, Bahram 

BTSB Prebound(Pajama Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 738120 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 690 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Artificial legs - Fiction Children with disabilities - Fiction Resilience (Personality trait) - Fiction

Summary: Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines.

Swimming with dolphins by Paddock, Jessie 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2020)

BTSB #: 695249 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG Lexile: 750

Genres: Family Life Animals

Subjects: Children with disabilities - Fiction Family life - Fiction Dolphins - Fiction Human-animal relationship - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: When 12-year-old KT Wynn learns that she has to move from Iowa City to Florida, she's distraught. Not only does she have to leave behind her best friends and the only home she's ever known, she also has to deal with being the new kid in school. And she's especially worried about how her wheelchair, Sprinkles, will affect things. On the bright side, she'll still have her big sister, Lucy, with her, and she'll even get to see a dolphin--her favorite animal!--for the very first time.