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1) Night watch
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Born blind, Kendra Michaels spent the first twenty years of her life living in the darkness. Then, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure developed by England's Night Watch Project, she was given the gift of sight. Her highly-developed senses (honed during her years in the dark), combined with her new found vision, have made her a remarkable investigator, sought after by law-enforcement agencies all over the country. But her newest case finds...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first nineteen months of her life, Helen Keller is a normal child who laughs and plays and explores her surroundings. But a high fever robs Helen of her sight and hearing, leaving her alone in a dark, silent world. Until the day Anne Sullivan comes into her life, Helen's only means of communication are crude signs and gestures.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Their lives would be tempered by adversity, expanded by faith, polished by perseverance.
Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.
For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every...
Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.
For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...
5) Undaunted
Author
Series
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...
Author
Series
Amish country crossroads volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Long-Lost Postcard First Brought Them Together. Will Their Differences Keep Them Apart? After the dramatic conclusion to his discovery of a long-lost postcard, journalist Philip Bradley simply cannot forget the Amish people he met while on assignment in Pennsylvania--particularly Rachel Yoder and her young daughter, Annie. Rachel's cheerful outlook, in spite of her blindness, and her appealing, uncomplicated lifestyle beckon Philip amid the high-paced...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
9) Ray
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1881, sixteen-year-old Mary Ingalls becomes a student at the Iowa College for the Blind, where she studies academic subjects and learns skills that will allow her to be independent and to earn a living.
11) Blended
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After a blind date goes badly, a man and a woman are reunited while at an African Safari vacation spot with their respective families.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
Brenden McCarthy feels like he's lost everything. His fiancee. His independence. And his passion for life. All due to one tragic misstep while mountain climbing that cost him his sight. But he's about to gain the last thing he ever expected. A big-hearted black Labrador named Nelson who's given one last shot at being a Seeing Eye dog. Both are beyond hope and resigned to live alone. And both are about to experience a bond of friendship that develops...
13) 10 blind dates
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sophie wants one thing for Christmas--a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship. Cue devastation. Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents' house,...
14) Hindsight
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 7
Language
English
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Description
Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure, is a renowned investigator known for her razor-sharp senses--honed during her years in the dark--and keen deductive abilities. Now her skills are needed uncomfortably close to home. Two staff members have been murdered at a school for the blind where Kendra spent her formative years. But the murders are puzzlingly dissimilar:...
15) Leading the way
Author
Series
Keystone Stables volume 5
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Although Skye has looked forward to teaching Katie, a blind camper, about riding and handling horses, Katie's bitterness over being blind and her parents' upcoming divorce challenge Skye's ability to teach and to share God's love.
16) On the run
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a persistent youth offender is caught yet again, he is sentenced to community service as the partner to a blind runner.
17) Look behind you
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 5
Language
English
Description
"A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego, and he has a most unusual M.O.: With each kill, he leaves behind objects with unclear meanings. Most of the recent killings are centered near Kendra Michaels' home and office, so it comes as no great surprise when the FBI shows up at her door. The investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities....
18) Apt. 3
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a rainy day two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Royce wakes with no memories and suddenly blind, his situation seems dire. The only thing he remembers is being attacked by shadowy figures...but not the beautiful woman who came to his rescue. Now Iona MacKenzie's every touch drives Royce wild. But when news of a manhunt for him reaches them, Royce must uncover his past if he has any chance of saving himself--and the woman he's falling for...
20) Close your eyes
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Series
Language
English
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Using carefully honed sensory skills gleaned from a childhood spent blind to solve cases, music therapist Kendra Michaels is tapped by a former FBI agent, who is investigating the work of a serial killer who may be responsible for the disappearance of Kendra's ex.
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