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action
athletes
Author_Monica Roe
bmx children
Category=YFR
Category=YNWT
community
differently abled
disability awareness
disabled
empowering middle grade
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family
handicap
kids in wheelchair
paralyzed
rural
school
single dad
small town
tween girls
wcmx
wheelchair motocross
Product details
- ISBN 9781250798268
- Weight: 204g
- Dimensions: 130 x 193mm
- Publication Date: 13 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Palgrave USA
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX (wheelchair motocross), when a wipeout on a rickety ramp throws her plans into a tailspin. Instead of replacing the ramp, her school provides her with a kind but unwelcome aide - and, seeing a golden media opportunity, launches a public fundraiser for her. Emmie loves her close-knit rural town, but she can’t shake the feeling that her goals suddenly aren't hers anymore. With the help of her best friends, Emmie makes a plan to get her dreams off the ground - and show her community what she wants, what she has to give, and how ready she is to do it on her own terms.
Monica Roe is the author of Thaw, a Cybils Young Adult Fiction Finalist, and the short story "The Unhealthy Breakfast Club" in the anthology Rural Voices. She is a longtime disability advocate and researcher, holds a doctorate in physical therapy from Clarkson University, and has devoted her pediatric clinical practice to rural and underserved communities, as well as publishing journal articles in the area. She lives in Swansea, South Carolina. monicaroerambles.com
