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21) EYE CONTACT
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When a young girl is murdered, the only witness is a severely autistic boy. This acclaimed novel plumbs two mysteries: an appalling crime and the inscrutable workings of a locked-in mind. Two children wander off from their school playground during recess. Hours later, they are found in the woods: one murdered, the other hiding near the body. Adam, the survivor and the only witness, is a nine-year-old autistic boy who cannot describe what he saw or...
22) Shtum: a novel
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"In this darkly funny and emotive debut, Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben and his wife Emma are struggling to cope. When Ben and Emma fake a separation, strategic, yet ill-advised, decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal to determine the future of his education, father and son are forced to move in with Georg, Ben's elderly and cantankerous father. In a...
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A boy computer genius--Simon Lynch--cracks the communications code of the National Security Agency, which decides to kill him. Fortunately the boy is befriended by a black FBI agent who helps him evade his pursuers and saves him from a Japanese woman terrorist who is also after the code.
24) Toast
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"In many ways, the Hamilton children are like any other kids. Eleven-year-old Mia and ten-year-old Will love playing Minecraft, eating pizza, and playing in the yard. But Mia knows that because Will is on the autism spectrum, some things are different for him. For starters, he doesn't like things to change. Pizza has to be just so crispy, or he won't eat it. He uses lines from movies to answer most questions. If his toast is too dark, Will could have...
25) Maybe in Paris
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In Paris with her autistic brother, Levi, Keira has finally gotten around his quirks to find the adventure she craves when she is forced to accept that Levi is sicker than she was willing to believe.
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The reader knows by page one of Queen for a Day that Mimi Slavitt's three-year-old son is autistic, but if anyone told her, she wouldn't listen, because she doesn't want to know--until at last Danny's behavior becomes so strange even she can't ignore it. After her son's diagnosis Mimi finds herself in a world nearly as isolating as her son's. It is a world she shares only with mothers like herself, women chosen against their will for lives of sacrifice...
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A young boy named Sam, has difficulty at school and seems moody at home. When Sam is diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger syndrome, his family and teachers understand him better and learn how to help him succeed. Includes tips for parents, teachers and children on being with children who have Asperger's.
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Unexpected Amish blessings volume 2
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In a small Amish town like picturesque Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one solution to an indiscretion is to make a good marriage. Or perhaps, fake a respectable engagement... Priscilla Ebersol has a fulfilling life teaching special needs children until her boyfriend's humiliating betrayal ruins her reputation and threatens her job. Ostracized for something she didn't do, Priscilla needs a distraction: researching the benefits of camel's milk for her brother's...
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Olivia Northman's world shattered the day she lost her wife to a drunk driver. Three years later, she still struggles with grief and the demands of being a single parent to their autistic son, Ben. After her first attempt at a new relationship crumbles, Olivia retreats to the simple, the predictable. It's what's the best for her son and her heart. Ellie Vasquez isn't simple or predictable. In fact, she's charmingly impulsive, as well as gregarious,...
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"Days before Christmas, CIA agent Amber Starke is on the run with her murdered best friend's special-needs son. And they're next on his criminal father's hit list. Amber failed her undercover mission to bring down her friend's husband for his crimes, but she won't fail to protect her friend's son. Now that the killer knows she's not just a nanny but an agent, she must rely on her childhood crush, Deputy Lance Goode. The handsome lawman was burned...
32) Synapsy Marii H
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Nowa książka najwybitniejszej polskiej reporterki Nikt nie umie zgłębić tajemnic ludzkiego istnienia lepiej niż Hanna Krall Co łączy przedwojenny żydowski Muranów, stan wojenny i World Trade Center? Synapsy - mosty w mózgu między przeszłością i dniem dzisiejszym. Maria Twardokęs-Hrabowska, polska opozycjonistka więziona w 1981 roku za wspieranie strajku, zmaga się z trudną teraźniejszością. W społeczeństwie nieczułym na inność...
35) For keeps
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Merry Atwater would do just about anything to save her dog rescue--even if it means working with the most stubborn man on the planet. It's hard to avoid the sparks that fly with TJ Jameson, the ruggedly sexy cowboy in charge of the children's camp where she's just taken an animal therapy job. But commitment is not Merry's style, and TJ clearly wants more than just a roll in the hay.
36) True: a novel
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"A deft and unflinching coming-of-age story about an angry teenage girl and her discovery of the nature of the biggest game of all, and what it really means to be a team player, a sister, a daughter, and a born survivor--from the acclaimed author of Triburbia and Boy Alone"--publisher.
37) The first word
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When pediatric occupational therapist Andie Tilly accepts a job as live-in therapist for the autistic toddler Will, she does not expect a relationship to blossom between her and Will's father, the alternative-energy magnate Rhys Griffiths.
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Jest rok 1942. W Europie szaleje wojna. Na skraju syberyjskiego obozu młoda kobieta składa przysięgę ślubną. Ta decyzja zaważy na jej przyszłości, a kłamstwo leżące u jej podstaw wyjdzie na jaw dopiero w kolejnym stuleciu.Czasy współczesne, Stany Zjednoczone. Ukochana babcia Alice Hanna trafia do szpitala. Dziewczyna odnajduje w jej domu ukryte pamiątki z dawnego życia: podniszczone zdjęcie młodego mężczyzny, skórzane buciki i...
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"A fresh start for Logan Maddox and his son, who has autism, means returning home and getting little Judah into the educational program that best serves his needs. The problem? Molly Winslow-the woman he left behind years ago-is the teacher. As Judah pulls them together, can Logan convince Molly that this black sheep deserves one more chance at love?"--
40) Silent witness
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"A double homicide has left the quiet town of Country Corners reeling. Sheriff Elizabeth Bradford is shocked by the crime ... and by her urge to protect the only witness--a five-year-old autistic boy. For little Jeremy, Liz will do anything--even team up with psychiatrist Dr. Adam Morgan, the former high-school sweetheart who shattered her trust. Back then, Adam thought leaving town was his only option. He's never stopped regretting it. Jeremy holds...