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1) The gift
Author
Language
English
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Description
There is no hurt so great that love cannot heal it. Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until a snowstorm, a cancelled flight and an unexpected meeting with a young mother and her very special son would show him that Christmas is indeed the season of miracles.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Description
To stop Hatch from using the Elgen fleet to gain world power, Michael and the rest of the Electroclan must destroy the lead ship, but divisions within the Electroclan threaten the success of their operation.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 6
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Michael and the Electroclan embark on their deadliest mission yet. The head of the resistance, known only as the voice, believes that the best way to wipe out the Elgen is to steal their money. That means capturing the Joule, the Elgen boat that serves as a floating treasury. Michael and his friends have learned about a highly placed member of the Elite Global Guard named Welch who wants to defect. They also know that three of the Elgen electric...
Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael was born with special electrical powers -- and he's not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around the world. With Michael's friend Ostin, a tecno-genius, they form the Electroclan, an alliance meant to protect them from a powerful group, the growing Order of Elgen, who are out to destroy them. The leader of the Elgen, Dr. Hatch, has kidnapped Michael's mother, and time is running out. After narrowly escaping...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Lionel Essrog is a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. He ventures through 1950s New York trying to solve his friend's murder. Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance.
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Michael was born with special electrical powers, and he's not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around the world. With Michael's friend Ostin, a techno-genius, they form the Electroclan, an alliance meant to protect them from a powerful group, the growing Order of Elgen, who are out to destroy them. The leader of the Elgen, Dr. Hatch, has kidnapped Michael's mother, and time is running out.
8) The parasite
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 8
Publisher
Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comes this compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel. Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. Life...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 1
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
13) Forget me not
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her mother breaks up with yet another boyfriend, Calliope meets Jinsong at her latest middle school, who becomes her friend despite her Tourette Syndrome and the embarrassment it can cause.
14) The world's strongest librarian: a memoir of tourette's, faith, strength, and the power of family
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome when he was a high school freshman, Josh Hanagarne tried every remedy until an autistic strongman taught him to "throttle" his symptoms. Illuminating the mysteries of this little-understood disorder as well as his very different roles as strongman and librarian with humor and candor, this unlikely hero traces his journey to overcome his disability - and navigate his wavering Mormon faith - to find love and create a...
15) The final spark
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 7
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Electroclan embarks on a daring rescue mission when Michael Vey goes missing.
16) The perfect son
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ella Fitswilliam takes care of her special needs son, Harry by herself, with husband Felix too focused on other things. But after Ella has a heart attack Harry is forced to face life alone and Felix must fight to keep the family together.
17) The road within
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Vincent is a young man with Tourette's Syndrome, coming to terms with the death of his mother and life in a behavioral facility. With the help of two unlikely friends and a stolen car, he embarks on a epic road trip that will change all of their lives forever.
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