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Series
Shades of Grey volume 1
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see his own colorb́ut no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be colorized by artificial means.
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Series
Bird Box novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In the old world there were many rules.
In the new world there is only one: don't open your eyes.
In the seventeen years since the 'creatures' appeared, many people have broken that rule. Many have looked. Many have lost their minds, their lives, their loved ones.
In that time, Malorie has raised her two children - Olympia and Tom - on the run or in hiding. Now nearly teenagers, survival is no longer enough. They want freedom.
When a census-taker...
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
"Living With Blind Dogs," now in its second edition, is the only published resource book on this topic. It embodies helpful hints from hundreds of blind-dog owners, as well as years of ophthalmic nursing, veterinary, and dog training experiences. Both the veterinary community and dog owners alike continue to praise this text, in which Levin successfully answers the common question: "What do I do now?" This revised edition contains all the topics...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever. His life was shattered by the mauling...
Author
Series
Cobtown story volume 1
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In 1845, Cobtown's Christmas is affected by the failure of the organ at the party being given to feed the residents' pets and by the arrival of a mysterious blind man who does not speak English.
28) Follow my leader
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After Jimmy is blinded in an accident with a firecracker, he has to relearn all the things he used to know. With the help of a determined therapist, he learns to read Braille and to use a cane. Then he's given the chance to have a guide dog. Learning to work with Leader is not easy, but Jimmy tries harder than he ever has before.
29) Being blind
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes what it is like to be blind, some of the challenges faced by blind people, and the ways they cope with everyday life.
30) Blindness
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1980
Description
Discusses blindness and how those afflicted by it overcome this handicap.
32) Lucky me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Bruno's friend Sanjay has his own room and a pet iguana. His brother, Mateo, who is visually impaired, has a dog named Rocco who helps him get around, and Mateo is a fantastic storyteller. Bruno doesn't have a pet, and he has to share his room with Mateo, but he still feels like the luckiest of all to have such a great brother and amazing friend."--
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"A probing, witty, and deeply insightful history of blindness--in Western culture and literature, and in the author's own experience--that ranges from Homer to Milton to Braille to Stevie Wonder. M. Leona Godin begins her fascinating, wide-ranging study with an exploration of how the idea of sight is inextricably linked with knowledge and understanding; how "blindness" has, for millennia, been used as a metaphor for ignorance; and how, in metaphorical...
34) Mom can't see me
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Description
A nine-year-old girl describes how her mother leads an active and rich life despite being blind.
35) Being blind
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains what it is like to be blind and how blind people can use Braille, guide dogs, canes, and other aids to live independent lives.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"It's one challenge after another for 10-year-old John Avery Whittaker! He tinkers with electronics, takes on the lead in the school Christmas play, and comes up against a new bully, all while continuing to investigate the mysterious properties of the cloth from his grandfather's trunk - if he can find it! It's missing! Meanwhile, strangers have come to Provenance and they're askings lots of suspicious questions about the Confederate gold Johnny and...
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Description
Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands - their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind, Sacks finds himself setting...
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Series
Horses of the Maury River volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After being abandoned, Chancey, an albino Appaloosa horse, finds a new home with Claire who needs him as much as he needs her, but as his eyesight deteriorates, he and Claire start anew as a therapeutic team.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In the 1960s 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a large party at the Aosawas, owners of a prominent clinic in an ancient castle city on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only survivor is their teenage daughter Hisako, blind, beautiful, admired by all, but soon suspected of masterminding the crime." --
40) Blind spots
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Blind Spots is a riveting crime novel with a speculative edge about what we really see with our own eyes. Seven years ago, a mysterious virus blinded everyone in the world in a matter of months. Technology helped people adjust to the new normal, creating a device that approximates vision, downloading visual data directly to people's brains. But what happens when someone finds a way to manipulate it and change what people see? Homicide detective Mark...
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