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02049aam a22003978i 4500 001 F4D0F3A6471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190723s2020 bcc j 000 f eng 010 $a 2019943968 020 $a 145982461X 020 $a 9781459824614 035 $a (OCoLC)1109815064 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OEL $d OCLCF $d IWB $d SILO 042 $a lac 100 1 $a Choyce, Lesley, $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The ledge / $c Lesley Choyce. 263 $a 202001. 264 1 $a Victoria, British Columbia : $b Orca Book Publishers, $c 2020. 300 $a 139 pages ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Orca soundings. 520 $a "In this high-interest novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Nick tries to adjust to his new reality after a surfing accident leaves him paralyzed."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a Nick was used to being good at everything. Hockey, football, track, they all came easy to him. Surfing was his latest passion. That is, until the accident. Now partially paralyzed, Nick is angry, depressed and getting far too fond of his prescription meds. But his frequent visits to his physiotherapist, a Syrian refugee, and a budding friendship with a partial amputee who has also experienced firsthand the horrors of war help him start to piece his life back together. A story about overcoming the odds and changing your life for the better. 530 $a Issued also in electronic formats. 650 0 $a Teenage boys $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Surfing $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Paraplegics $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adult fiction. 650 0 $a Bildungsromans. 650 0 $a Fiction. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Choyce, Lesley, 1951- $t Ledge. $d Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2020 $z 9781459824621 $z 9781459824621 $w (OCoLC)1112356888. 830 0 $a Orca soundings. 941 $a 1 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20200204031935.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F4D0F3A6471C11EA8C4E586797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search