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(0)Tom Sullivan
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island prison.
CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK
June 12, 1962
SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA
7:18 A.M.
A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow...
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English
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In Adventures in Darkness, Tom Sullivan takes readers through the adventures of his monumental eleventh year. Blind since birth, Tom lived in a challenging world of isolation and special treatment. But he was driven to break out and live as sighted people do. This book is a hair-raising, heart-warming experience that culminates in Tom's reliance upon God to realize his dreams of a "normal" life.
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English
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In this inspiring memoir, the actor and singer remembers the incredible summer he refused to let blindness keep him from living like other children.
In the summer of 1959, eleven-year-old Tom Sullivan was desperate to experience life the way other little boys did. Blind since infancy, he'd learned much at the venerable Perkins School for the Blind. But he was beginning to feel confined by its rules and sheltered environment.
Encouraged by his saloon...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S.
CASE NO. 001: NORJAK
NOVEMBER 24, 1971
PORTLAND, OREGON
2:00 P.M.
A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for Seattle.
3:07 P.M.
The man presents his...
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English
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Sometimes you can't see what matters most until it's gone. 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...
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English
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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...
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English
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Life as experienced from the inside out, rather than the outside in, offers us a path to the elimination of labels that cripple our ability to love and care for each other with open hearts and open minds.
With a life in show business touched by relationships with stars like Michael Landon, Robin Williams, and the incomparable Betty White, Tom's personal stories weave a tapestry that offer the reader concrete examples of his unique approach to inside-out...
10) Alive Day
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Language
English
Description
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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English
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Set in the mid nineteen eighties, this story tells of a young man, Richie Butler, a streetwise, anti-establishment character, who unknowingly becomes a witness to a serious crime. He finds himself targeted by a gang of major criminals who believe he is a danger to them and has to be eliminated. After escaping their clutches more than once in his home town, he goes on the run, but arms himself in the process. As his pursuers get closer, he is both...
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Series
Unsolved case files volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK. June 12, 1962. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This...
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Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Though psychiatrist Dr. Brendan McCarthy is blind, he sees himself clearly in a young patient named Antwone, a marine recently disabled in combat. Dr. McCarthy determines he'll do whatever it takes to rescue the young marine from despair. But ultimately it's McCarthy's big-hearted and courageous black Labrador, Nelson, who teaches both Antwone and McCarthy the real meaning of life after near-death.
Author
Series
Unsolved case files volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the United States uses reproductions of FBI files and investigation photographs to chronicle the events surrounding an unidentified extortionist's 1971 hijacking and disappearance."--Provided by publisher
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Series
Unsolved case files volume 3
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two thieves posing as Boston Police officers gain entry to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Once inside, they steal thirteen pieces of art, including several rare Rembrandts. Eighty-one minutes later, these men walk off with $500 million worth of art. This heist is the single largest private property theft in the United States--and despite decades of investigation and dozens of false leads, the case remains unsolved to this day.
17) Out there
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two children looking up at the night sky wonder what kind of creatures and planets exist in other parts of the universe.
Author
Series
Room to Improve volume 7
Language
English
Description
Dermot revamps a Rathfarnham four-bed to suit the changing needs of its occupants Peter, Lisa and their twins Grace and Louise (9) live in a four-bed house in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
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Series
Room to Improve volume 4
Language
English
Description
In Ashford Co. Wicklow stands the house of Nigel and Frances Coffey. Frances's parents live next door. Several years ago her father built a private road and gave seven plots of land to his seven children.
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Series
Room to Improve volume 8
Language
English
Description
A young couple with three children seek Dermot's help in revamping their small three bedroomed bungalow in Ballinteer Ailish and Patrick Bates are a young couple running out of space - fast!
