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One World: Exploring Our Differences
Books featuring characters with disabilities and special needs
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Books from our Easy collection
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What Happened to You?
by James Catchpole
Joe, a young boy trying to play pirates at the playground, keeps getting interrupted with questions about what happened to his leg, and gets more and more fed up until the kids finally understand they don't need to know what happened.
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A Day with No Words
by Tiffany Hammond
Young children will learn what life can look like for an Autism Family who use nonverbal communication by following mother and child on a day where they use a tablet to communicate others.
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The Same but Different Too
by Karl Newson
Depicts children and animal characters who equally celebrate both individuality and the qualities they share in common.
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All of Us
by Kathryn Erskine
The National Book Award-winning author of Mockingbird and the best-selling illustrator of the She Persisted series demonstrate how the world is one global community made up of people who are more similar than different.
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A Sky-Blue Bench
by Bahram Rahman
A young Afghani amputee matter-of-factly removes her own barrier to education, building a bench from discarded wood so that she and her "helper-leg" can sit through school in comfort.
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Dancing with Daddy
by Anitra Rowe Schulte
Excited for her first father-daughter dance, Elsie, practicing swirling and swaying in her wheelchair as she prepares for her special night, wonders if she will still get to dance her way to a dream come true when a winter storm arrives.
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Different: A Great Thing to Be!
by Heather Avis
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce Macy, whose conduct and bearing point to a kinder world where differences are celebrated and embraced.
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Books from our Juvenile collection
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The Chance to Fly
by Ali Stroker
After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
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Jessi's Secret Language
by Chan Chau
Feeling isolated as the only African American in her class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
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The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand
by Matthew Gray Gubler
Join two unlikely friends, Chuck and Lenore, as they embark on a surreal journey of self-discovery and uncover the magic of seeing the world through someone else's eyes.
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The Storm Runner
by Jennifer Cervantes
A contemporary adventure inspired by Mayan mythology follows the experiences of an avid explorer with a disabled leg who discovers that the dormant volcano near his home in New Mexico is a gateway to another world.
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A Work in Progress
by Jarrett Lerner
Hiding himself in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, Will resorts to increasingly drastic measures to transform his appearance in an effort to win over his crush, until he meets someone who helps him see his body and all it contains as an ever-evolving work in progress.
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It All Begins with Jelly Beans
by Nova Weetman
When they are selected to read speeches at their elementary school graduation, an unlikely friendship develops between two sixth-graders, one popular and one a misfit, who are facing family problems and health issues.
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Mr. Summerling's Secret Code
by Dori Hillestad Butler
Mr. Summerling, Marly's neighbor, talked about being a treasure hunter, and news of his death has brought Marly into a treasure hunt of her own. In his will, Mr. Summerling left a treasure for Marly and two classmates, Isla and Sai. They barely know each other, but they have to work together with a series of riddles, puzzles, and clues to find the treasure.
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Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine
by Dusti Bowling
Third grader Aven Green, who was born without arms but believes that her missing arm cells went to her super-powered brain, tries to solve two cases involving her teacher's missing lunch and the disappearance of her great-grandmother's dog.
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Lila and Hadley
by Kody Keplinger
Avoiding people and her fellow canines at a rescue shelter, an abandoned dog is fostered by a teen with failing eyesight who resists her cane and wonders if the dog is too broken to rehabilitate.
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Books from our Teen collection
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Chronically Dolores
by Maya Van Wagenen
Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The painful disease isn't life threatening, but it is threatening to ruin her life. Just when things seem hopeless, Dolores meets someone poised to change her fate. Terpsichore Berkenbosch-Jones is glamorous, autistic, and homeschooled against her will by her overprotective mother. After a rocky start, the girls form a tentative partnership. Beautiful, talented Terpsichore will help Dolores win back her ex-best friend, Shae. And Dolores will convince Terpsichore's mom that her daughter has the social skills to survive public school. It seems like a foolproof plan, but Dolores isn't always a reliable narrator, and her choices may put her in danger of committing an unforgivable betrayal.
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Tilly in Technicolor
by Mazey Eddings
When eighteen-year-old Tilly goes to London to intern for her sister's company, she begins to unmask her ADHD and connects with Oliver, another neurodivergent intern.
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Stars in Their Eyes
by Jessica Walton
Maisie is on her way to Fancon! She's looking forward to meeting her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like Maisie. But when Maisie and her mom arrive at the convention center, she is stopped in her tracks by Ollie, a cute volunteer working the show. They are kind, charming, and geek out about nerd culture just as much as Maisie does. And as the day wears on, Maisie notices feelings for Ollie that she's never had before. Is this what it feels like to fall in love.
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Forever is Now
by Mariama Lockington
Suffering from agoraphobia after witnessing a scene of police brutality, Sadie discovers, with the help of family, friends and online activists, that she can build a safe place inside herself.
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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.
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Give Me a Sign
by Anna Sortino
Seventeen-year-old Lilah, who wears hearing aids, returns to a summer camp for the Deaf and Blind as a counselor, eager to improve her ASL and find her place in the community, but she did not expect to also find romance along the way.
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Hello (from here)
by Chandler Baker
Set during the COVID-19 quarantine and touching on themes of class, privilege, mental health, and sacrifice, this thought-provoking YA romance follows Maxine and Jonah as they try to make their relationship work after falling hopelessly in love amidst the chaos.
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Rise of the Red Hand
by Olivia Chadha
The South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders lead luxurious lives inside a climate-controlled biodome, dependent on technology and gene therapy to keep them healthy and youthful forever. Outside, a society of poverty-stricken cyborgs struggle to survive in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. Ashiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government. When she crosses paths with the brilliant hacker Riz-Ali, a privileged Uplander who finds himself embroiled in the Red Hand's dangerous activities, they uncover a horrifying conspiracy that the government will do anything to bury. From armed guardians kidnapping children to massive robots flattening the slums, to a pandemic that threatens to sweep through the city like wildfire, Ashiva and Riz-Ali will have to put aside their differences in order to fight the system and save the communities they love from destruction.
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Mirror to Mirror
by Rajani LaRocca
Unable to find their rhythm, once-close twin sisters Maya and Chaya make a bet: they'll switch places at summer camp and whoever can keep the ruse going the longest will get to make a life-changing decision, which isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Breathing Underwater
by Sarah Elisabeth Allen
During a road trip, thirteen-year-old Olivia, a budding photographer, tries to recreate a Treasure Hunt she once shared with her sixteen-year-old sister, Ruth, while watching for signs that Ruth's depression is back.
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