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Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father's life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but...
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Wars of the realm volume 3
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Multnomah Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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"A speculative view of spiritual warfare, rooted in the Bible, The Light of the Last is an action-packed adventure from beginning to end"--
4) Blindsided
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
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After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world.
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2012
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Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
7) Alive day
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2009
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Based in part on a true story, Alive Day is an inspiring, affirming tale about the power of love, loyalty, and living full-out.
A Marine's "Alive Day" celebrates the survival after an almost certain death. It's a time of hope and joy.
But Antwone Carver isn't celebrating. Home from war but not quite whole, Antwone's having trouble dealing with his new physical limitations.
Psychiatrist Brenden McCarthy can relate. He thought he'd lost everything when...
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Lady Saura of Roget lives a lonely life of servitude-her fortune controlled by her cruel, unscrupulous stepfather. Yet it is she who has been called upon to brighten the days of Sir William of Miraval, a proud and noble knight who once swore to live or perish by the sword . . . until his world was engulfed in agonizing darkness. Summoned to Sir William's castle, the raven-haired innocent is soon overcome by desire and love for the magnificent, golden...
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
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An orphaned girl is held spellbound by the tales of a lighthouse keeper on the Scottish coast, in a novel by the Costa Award-winning author of The Passion. After her mother is literally swept away by the savage winds off the Atlantic coast of Salts, Scotland, never to be seen again, the orphaned Silver is feeling particularly unmoored. Taken in by the mysterious keeper of a lighthouse on Cape Wrath, Silver finds an anchor in Mr. Pew-blind, as old...
14) The window
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Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1996
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A girl, blinded by the auto accident that killed her mother, comes to terms with her disability-and her new life. "This is a sensitive and well-told story, inhabited by appealing and believable characters, and given a twist by the unexpected element of the supernatural." -Kirkus Reviews
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Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
17) Marianela
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Español Santillana Universidad de Salamanca
Pub. Date
2009
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La novela tiene lugar en la ciudad ficticia de Socartes, España. El nombre de la ciudad se refiere al filósofo Sócrates y sus ideas sobre la belleza interna y externa. Cuenta la historia de Marianela (a veces llamada "Nela"), una pobre niña huérfana de cara fea, y su amor por Pablo, un niño ciego, que también tiene sentimientos románticos hacia Nela. Marianela le canta con frecuencia a Pablo, y él cree que es hermosa por su voz y su imaginación...
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Wars of the realm volume 2
Publisher
Multnomah Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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Validus, the only angel standing in the way of the demonic Fallen, has risen to a position of power and respect but is pushed beyond his abilities when he is assigned to protect one unbelieving man, Drew Carter, racing against time to discover why Drew is so important to humanity's survival.
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