The Boy Who Couldn't Die

The Boy Who Couldn't Die

Author: William Sleator

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781417675678

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For use in schools and libraries only. When his best friend dies in a plane crash, 16-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.


The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

Author: DC Pierson

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2010-01-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307474623

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A wildly original and hilarious debut novel about the typical high school experience: the homework, the awkwardness, and the mutant creatures from another galaxy. When Darren Bennett meets Eric Lederer, there's an instant connection. They share a love of drawing, the bottom rung on the cruel high school social ladder and a pathological fear of girls. Then Eric reveals a secret: He doesn’t sleep. Ever. When word leaks out about Eric's condition, he and Darren find themselves on the run. Is it the government trying to tap into Eric’s mind, or something far darker? It could be that not sleeping is only part of what Eric's capable of, and the truth is both better and worse than they could ever imagine.


The Boy Who Couldn't

The Boy Who Couldn't

Author: Rachel Coverdale

Publisher: Willow Breeze Publishing

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9781916108011

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A stirring action-adventure story about two very different boys whose lives unexpectedly cross. When they stumble upon a badger-baiting plot by dangerous criminals, they need to overcome their differences and fears to help each other and save the badgers. A story about being the person you can be, not the person you are expected to be.


The Boy Who Couldn't Speak, Yet

The Boy Who Couldn't Speak, Yet

Author: Jordan LeVan

Publisher: Jordan Christian Levan

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781737155515

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Jordan was a boy in elementary school who couldn't speak yet, so he was trapped inside his brain in Jordan's World. Jordan has Verbal Apraxia, also known as Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a neurological speech disorder. He knows what he wants to say, but his words don't always come out. Jordan goes through elementary school not knowing why kids ask him all sorts of questions. He goes to his mom, and his mom is his comforter. The way Jordan is being treated can't be ignored. So, his mom takes action with the school. Jordan's mom teaches him and others that being different is okay. Jordan later comes to a point in his life of self-love and radical self-acceptance. He acknowledges being different isn't a bad thing. After all, we are all made in our own original way. Jordan's journey has just begun.


The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing

The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing

Author: Judith L. Rapoport

Publisher: Plume

Published: 1990-01-30

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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The first book to bring OCD to public attention tells the stories of those who are afflicted, often in their own words, and describes the successes doctors and patients have had with both experimental and existing treatments.


The Boy Who Couldn't Read

The Boy Who Couldn't Read

Author: Cheri Gamble

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2014-10-24

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781502911582

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This is a story about a little boy -- a happy little boy who loved to do all the normal things a happy little boy would do. But then he started school and his struggles began. Finding it next to impossible to learn to read, this happy little boy soon became sad as he learned he had dyslexia. How will this little boy deal with the challenges he will now face? Written specifically for children with dyslexia, "The Boy Who Couldn't Read" will help your child learn to survive and THRIVE with dyslexia.


The Boy Who Wouldn't Swim

The Boy Who Wouldn't Swim

Author: Deb Lucke

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008-04-29

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 0547533063

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Electric, sherbet-y colors, uniquely comic characters, and a story line filled with high comedy mark this fabulous picture book by new talent Deb Lucke. Eric Dooley just won’t swim. If sweating in the hot summer sun while everyone else cools off in the pool isn’t bad enough, Eric’s younger sister is having the time of her life. When he sees her dog-paddling right across the middle of the pool, under his sunblock he’s positively green with envy. Not to mention sweaty. And irritated. But after the babies in the wading pool give him dirty looks for invading their territory, Eric finds a way to conquer his fears. And just like that he goes from being the boy who wouldn’t swim . . . to being the boy who won’t get out of the pool. Not even in October.


Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing

Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing

Author: Kay Haring

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0525428194

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Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist’s great humanity, his concern for children, and his disregard for the establishment art world. Reproductions of Keith's signature artwork appear in scenes boldly rendered by Robert Neubecker. This is a story to inspire, and a book for Keith Haring fans of all ages to treasure.