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Michael Vey volume 3
Lexile Measure
530L
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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.
2) The gift
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An uplifting tale of hope and faith celebrates the joy of the holiday season and follows a theme of the redemptive power of love.
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Michael Vey volume 2
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Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
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Michael Vey volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
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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.
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Michael Vey volume 1
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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...
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Michael Vey volume 5
Lexile Measure
600L
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Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan go on their most dangerous mission yet as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling series! The resistance movement has been compromised. The Voice is in hiding. Their families are missing. Can the Electroclan pull together to defeat the Elgen once and for all?
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Michael Vey volume 6
Lexile Measure
600L
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Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch?s Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling series.
Pub. Date
[2020]
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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.
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Michael Vey volume 8
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"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"--
13) Forget me not
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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
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An inspiring story of how a Mormon kid with Tourette's found salvation in books and weight-lifting.
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Pub. Date
c2009
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What would you do if your child suddenly refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, slithered along walls, and wouldn't walk out the front door? If you're like Beth Maloney, you'd fight to reclaim your son, taking on members of the medical establishment who were too quick to label him with OCD and Tourette's while prescribing antidepressants that only made the symptoms worse. Saving Sammy is the inspiring story of how Maloney discovered the real cause...
17) Kiss and repeat
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Stephen Luckie isn't so lucky in love. He's completely inexperienced when it comes to girls, and wonders if his tics - caused by Tourette's Syndrome - are the reason...Using the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father, Steven begins the best experiment ever--one that involves kissing as many girls as possible...But when the experiment gets underway, Stephen begins to question how he treats girls - and if his tics have been standing...
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Pub. Date
2010
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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...
19) Jerk, California
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Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.