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Diverse Reads for All Ages July Disability Awareness Month |
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Marshmallow & Jordan
by Alina Chau
"Jordan's days as star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just come between Jordan and her best friends on the basketball team?"
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Every body : a celebration of diverse abilities
by Shelley Rotner
"This photo picture book looks at differences in bodies, with photos of children with many different challenges including various physical disparities, learning differences, and medical conditions"
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Song in the city
by Daniel Bernstrom
Young blind girl Emmaline, who loves the sounds of her city, teaches her Grandma Jean how to listen more closely to the vibrant everyday music that floats all around them. 40,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Monster hands
by Karen Kane
"When nighttime comes, Milo has a problem--he's convinced there's a monster under his bed! Luckily, his best friend Mel knows just what to do--scare the monster more than the monster scares you! So using shadow puppets on the wall, Mel and Milo make monster hands that roar, chomp and even laugh to scare the monster away. But uh oh! What if the monster thinks this is funny! This is NOT funny! Milo has an idea to show the monster who's boss once and for all. Together Milo and Mel hatch a plan to scare the monster away forever. But in the end, they discover the true cure to a monster problem is a best friend who will stand and face it with you"
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Wildoak
by C. C. Harrington
"Agreeing to spend a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows, Maggie encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, and facing danger head on, vows to keep it safe from those who hunt it. Simultaneous eBook."
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Gut reaction
by Kirby Larson
Starting a new school after the loss of her father, Tess Medina assembles a ragtag team to taste-test her baked goods in preparation for a junior baking competition but is forced to confront everything she's been desperately trying to hide. Simultaneous eBook.
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Shiny misfits
by Maysoon Zayid
"When her classmate and crush steals her spotlight after she wins the school talent show, Bay Ann, reduced to her disability and her talent ignored, vows to do everything in her power to beat him at his own attention-seeking game, which backfires spectacularly. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations."
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Good kings bad kings : a novel
by Susan Nussbaum
The residents at a facility for disabled young people in Chicago build trust and make friends in an effort to fight against their living conditions and mistreatment in this debut novel from the playwright behind“Mishuganismo.”
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On the bright side
by Anna Sortino
After her deaf boarding school shuts down, Ellie is mainstreamed into public high school, which is extremely difficult, especially when she's paired with Jackson, a boy who gets it all wrong, but when he receives a life-changing diagnosis, they unexpectedly become each other's lifeline. Simultaneous eBook.
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Where you see yourself
by Claire Forrest
Having her heart set on a college in NYC with a major in Mass Media & Society, disabled high school senior Effie learns that sometimes growing up means being open to a world of possibilities you never even dreamed of. Simultaneous eBook.
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Breathe and count back from ten
by Natalia Sylvester
"Verâonica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body"
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The greatest thing
by Sarah Winifred Searle
A young adult graphic novel about the life-saving power of teen friendships finds Winifred starting her first day of sophomore year without her two best (and only) friends, who have transferred to a private school, but she soon bonds with two offbeat students, Oscar and April, and must learn to navigate a secret that threatens to destroy her newfound friendships. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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True biz : a novel
by Sara Noviâc
Taking readers into a residential school for the deaf, this coming-of-age novel follows three people—a rebellious transfer student, the school's golden boy and the headmistress—as they each deal with personal and political crises and find their lives inextricable from one another—and changed forever.
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All the little bird-hearts
by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
"Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore. The one thing very much out of her control is clever headstrong Dolly, now on the cusp of leaving home"
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Out on a limb : a novel
by Hannah Bonam-Young
When a one-night stand with the incredibly charming Bo leads to an unexpected pregnancy, Winnifred“Win” McNulty, as they decide to get to know each other as friends while embarking on this parenting journey, soon discovers life rarely goes according to plan. Original.
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Greek lessons : a novel
by Kang Han
A young Korean woman losing her ability to speak befriends a Greek language teacher who is losing his sight, and soon they discover they have even more in common, in the new novel from the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian.
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Every heart a doorway
by Seanan McGuire
Sent away to a home for children who have tumbled into fantastical other worlds and are looking for ways to return, Nancy triggers dark changes among her fellow schoolmates and resolves to expose the truth when a child dies under suspicious magical circumstances. By the best-selling author of the InCryptid series.
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