Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."

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.

"Third-grader Aven Green is a real professional musician! She just needs to choose an instrument to play. When she decides to try the piano, Aven is disappointed she can't master Mozard in one whole day. To cheer up Aven, her parents take her to see a musician who was born without arms. With new inspiration and a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven is ready for the school talent show. Will she take center stage? Or will she blow her big chance?"--...

Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.

A disabled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.

Moving to the Philippines with his zoologist mother, twelve-year-old Pablo struggles with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly.

At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.

"Eleven-year-old Van Markson embarks on a quest to rescue his best friend from a dangerous wish collector"--

When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved.