Paraplegic Stories

In the summer of 1989 the Iron Curtain is unraveling and Daisy Hayes has just gone on pension. But then she is summoned by the police to testify about a baffling and gruesome murder. During the ride to New Scotland Yard, the blind lady reflects that, though she knows nothing about this case, it will be hard to prove her innocence without revealing the two murders she did commit-in a distant past.

Ah yes, the short story I wrote for an eighth grade English project. I'll admit the quality isn't that good, but it's a nice short story that demonstrates the importance of caring for one another, and even if you don't realize it, we're not all the different after all. Follow Danke, a teenage girl born with paraplegia, as she fights through what should have been an average day turned bad by the school's bully, Alecto.

Set in 2014, Percabeth is 20. Percy Jackson is broken. As if being (possibly) barred from swimming due to a car accident wasn't bad enough, his mother's in the hospital bed next to him, suffering from a (probably) fatal heart attack. Can he piece himself back together? Or will he fall apart, leaving broken pieces of himself behind. All credits to Rick Riordan. Cover artist unknown

Former US Marine Lori Marshall wasn't even forty when she watched the woman she loved die in front of her, and was forced to accept overnight that she would spend the rest of her life bound to a wheelchair. When she was finally badgered into attending a support group for disabled veterans by her therapist, she expected a lot of things, but definitely not for it to change her life. There, she meets Nora, the daughter of the group's leader - an eleven-year old kid growing up with a lust for life, big personality, and even bigger hair. As a strange, unanticipated friendship soon begins to blossom between the two, Lori makes the greatest discovery of her life: Nothing is ever too broken to be fixed....

[The Fiction Awards 2020 Winner in Diverse Fiction!] Jesse is paralyzed from his waist down, but he makes sure he gets what he wants, for he has already lost too many things in his life. Yet when he finally gets to meet Ava, who has anxiety and depression, he is not sure anymore. Ava has locked her heart away while trying to make sense of the world. Being mentally broken and haunted by unwanted thoughts, she struggles to trust people around her, while a chance encounter with a boy in a wheelchair changes her life and sets her on a path of self discovery. It's always hard to carve out a new path in lives. With Ava's endless pushing and Jesse's self-doubt about his disability, they do not plan to stop trying. Until the paralyzed love awakens. [Featured in the official @YARomance, @BullyingPrevention and @ComeAndSitWithUs reading list]

Jazz Hemmingsworth has been through a lot. A bus accident. Dropping out of high school. Trying to manage being in a wheelchair. Trying to get discovered as a singer. But can five boys in the boy band One Direction change her life? Will someone in the band fall for her? Or more than one? Read to know Jazz's unique journey.

Diagnosed as a paraplegic, due to a car accident. Julie has to change her life in order to get what she wants, a place in a profession of sport.

'Dear H' is a fictional diary written by twelve year old Amanda who is being bullied relentlessly by Cassandra and her gang. Amanda is the daughter of wealthy, successful parents and materialistically should have everything a girl desires. However, Amanda describes her family as being, 'dysfunctional' and herself as being, 'lonely, fat and frumpy'. She decides to record her experiences of being bullied in a diary to her imaginary friend, 'H'. Deep inside Amanda harbours a secret desire to be a singer but her confidence is at an all time low. Writing song lyrics helps her to express herself and a chance encounter with a wheelchair bound singer acts as the catalyst she needs. Read how Amanda achieves her dream.

Johnny and Gyro take a bath in the river. Gyro flirts with a horse. That's it. That's the whole plot.

Asher was in an accident when he was younger that left him paralysed in one leg and orphaned. He lived at an orphanage for six years without even one interview because no one wanted a disabled kid. All he owned by himself were a set of crutches that were much too small for him, an anchor necklace, and a few sets of underwear. He thought that he would never be adopted. That was, until Simon Cowell arrived at his orphanage asking for the hardest kid to take care of. {Zayn is not going to be a part of One Direction for both plot-line purposes and because he isn't anymore in real life (sorry) but he will be in the story}

Do you ever feel helpless? Weak? Small? Well, so does Ciel Wyn, age 17. She's been in a wheelchair for 9 years, and she's tired of being a burden to her family and friends. With rumors of the HitoShi (the enemy) growing stronger, she seeks out the help of her best friend to teach her how to fight. With some help from her tech-savy older brother, she is able to learn not only how to fight HitoShi, but also how to battle her own depression and low self esteem. "The Hero in The Sky" is a story of friends coming together to unite under a common goal: bring light to their city during its darkest time. This is a terribly boring description, but I promise the actual story is much more interesting. XD

Julia was a straight A student. Her parents were very wealthy. However, their life soon turns upside down. Dealing with abandonment, injuries, financial problems, and the unexplained.

She's had everything she could imagine until now. Her dad's left; turns out he had an affair with a co-worker, she's bullied, her mother's depressed, and her grandpa is in the hospital due to lung cancer. What more could go wrong? Wait, don't answer that.

Sadie Nichole Arbuck is still reeling from her parents' death. Being uprooted from the only home she's ever known and moving in with her neat freak sister doesn't make things anything better. And since she is the new kid in a small town, there are rumors about Sadie. And EVERONE seems to know she is an orphaned girl sent to live with her 24 year old sister. And then Sadie meets Rhyelle. Ryhelle is funny, bright, spunky, and smart. Sadie doesn't care if Rhyelle is paraplegic. To her, Rhyelle is a friend. At first, Sadie felt like just another girl. But, with Rhyelle's help, she begins to realize she is more than just Sadie.

Peighton Rivers is desperate for a job. Her mother is six feet under, her dad is most probably across the seven seas in some country, and her sister is constantly in the kitchen or at school. When Peighton is given the chance of taking care of a handsome, humorous, yet troubled paraplegic for $4,000 a week, she has a decision to make. Will she take the job and take care of a man who she feels like has something more to him, as if there is a connection between them, or will she sooner or later walk away?

A third of the way into the twenty-first century an alarming mutation appears in newborns all over the world. This is a story of how the First Family of that time helped the world to deal with the crisis.

I am Blair and I have paraplegia. I've had it since I was 20 because of a car accident. My mother and father died in that mishap. I wished I died, too. I wished my life was ended by that stupid accident, too. How could I survive life without my lower body? How could I move on when I am always in my wheelchair and being pulled and pushed to somewhere I don't even want to be at? But everything changed when I saw someone that has been with me for a long time in a different light. My nurse... Austin. But I was afraid to love. I've always been.

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" - Frida Kahlo Nadia Russo is one step closer to her dream career when she lands a job as a personal assistant at a prestigious accounting firm. That accounting form just happens to be Alexander Enterprises, owned by the enigmatic James Alexander. She soon finds herself deeply intrigued by her new boss. Will getting closer to him become more than she bargained for?