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Name of Book:   Ophie Out of Oz Author:   Kathleen O’Dell Illustrator:  Rosie Winstead Publisher:  Puffin Books (Penguin Books) Audience:  Ages 7-10 Summary:  Ophie and her family have just moved from California to Oregon because of her father’s job.  Last year, in the fourth

Name of Book:  Dancing Wheels Author:  Patricia McMahon Illustrator:  John Godt Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Audience:  Ages 9 – 12 Summary:  Mary Verdi-Fletcher was born with spina bifida in the 1950’s and her parents were given a grim prognosis.  However Mary’s parents

Name of Book: Be Good To Eddie Lee Author: Virginia Fleming Illustrator: Floyd Cooper Publisher: Putnam and Grosset  Group Publisher’s Intended Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: Christy lives across the road from a boy named Eddie Lee who has Downs Syndrome.  Her mother has always told