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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe University, where she graduated with honors.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off ... Now Izzy's given up yearning for romance. She'll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six year-old woman who's never even been kissed?"--Page...
Author
Language
English
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Arizona auto mechanic Cadence Moran is no stranger to darkness. She was blinded in a horrific car accident eight years ago that also took the life of her three-year old niece. She knows she was only partially to blame, but that doesn't make the loss any easier to bear. She's learned to get by, but there are still painful memories. When she is almost run down by a speeding car on the way home from work, Cadence at first thinks that she is the victim...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
In Havana, Cuba an up-and-coming singer searches for confidence, a young woman in love longs for motherhood and a veteran of the Revolution comes to terms with the death of her husband. Three women, united by blindness and a desire for independence, guide us through Cuba's current economic and social landscape while pursuing their dreams and breaking through personal and societal limitations. Jennifer Redfearn gained intimate access to her subjects...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.
10) The Visitor
Author
Series
English garden series (Lori Wick) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a throw from his horse, Alexander Tate is left with bandaged eyes and prayers for healing. Not until the doctor orders rest does he leave London for Collingbourne and what he thinks will be a peaceful and uneventful stay. When his Aunt Harriet asks one of the Steele sisters to read to Tate daily, the intriguing voice of this visitor sparks new light in the heart of the young man. As Tate's affection grows stronger, he wonders if this vibrant...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
350L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Some people are blind. What does that mean? Using simple, engaging text and full-color photos, readers learn what blindness is, how it can be caused, and what daily life is like for someone who can't see.This book includes a video, which launches via a 4D app"--
12) Trust no one
Author
Language
English
Description
"It's no coincidence when Grace Elland finds a vodka bottle next to the lifeless body of her boss, motivational speaker Sprague Witherspoon. The bottle is a terrifying and deliberate reminder of the horrors of her past. Grace retreats to her hometown to regroup and tries to put everything she's learned about positive thinking into practice--a process that is seriously challenged on the world's worst blind date. Awkward doesn't begin to describe...
13) Undaunted
Author
Language
English
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Description
Falling in love with her boss's handsome millionaire neighbor was easy for young Emma Copeland. Despite the vast differences between them, and a past that's left Connor Sinclair reclusive and wary, Emma gambles her heart on a desire that rocks them both. But there's something Connor doesn't know: Emma is responsible for an accident that changed his life forever. Connor lives by rules intended to protect both him and his vast wealth. Emma's innocence...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 107 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Two orphan vampires (Les Deux Orphelines Vampires) follows Henriette and Louise (Isabelle Teboul and Alexandra Pic), two blind girls of unknown origin, raised in an orphanage by two adoring nuns. Little do the nuns know, each night as the sun goes down, their "little angels" acquire night vision (they "see blue"), as well as an appetite for blood and teenage mischief.
16) Dead eyes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
The one-man stalker squad of the Beverly Hills Police Department begins his hunt for the stalker of a young Hollywood actress.
Author
Series
Publisher
Summerside Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Trudie Abernathy is a little inelegant, and she's never had much luck in love. To make matters worse, her thirtieth birthday is fast approaching and her sister, Lane, has decided to "treat" her to a makeover and a blind date. Trudie is about to protest, but then she meets the kind and devastatingly handsome Mason Wimberley. In spite of Trudie's humble manner, Mason finds her attractive, funny, and smart. But there's one obstacle in the way of the...
Author
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of cherished author Debbie Macomber’s classic novels, this is an enchanting tale of a love that is challenged at every turn.
At a magical Christmas fete, Karen McAlister meets a man she cannot ignore—the first man to interest her in a long while. Before she laid eyes on Rand Prescott, Karen would have said her life was complete and content . . . much to the...
At a magical Christmas fete, Karen McAlister meets a man she cannot ignore—the first man to interest her in a long while. Before she laid eyes on Rand Prescott, Karen would have said her life was complete and content . . . much to the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
20) No eye can see
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
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