Books With Disabled Representation


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Book cover for "The ables"
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Series:
Ables volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Philip, who is blind and telekinetic, is transferred to a school for students with superpowers and placed in a class for the disabled, but when he and his classmates are first to find out about a growing evil, they must fight back. The story of a teenager named Phillip who is blind and is told by his father that Phillip has telekinetic powers. He attends a school for those with similar powers but soon finds that others harass him because he is put...
Book cover for "All my stripes"
Star rating for All my stripes
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more.
Book cover for "Chester and Gus"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Chester, an aspiring service dog who fails his certification test is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a 10-year-old boy with autism, who initially challenges the dog by requiring a different kind of friendship.
Book cover for "Counting Thyme"
Star rating for Counting Thyme
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Thyme Owens moves across the country with her family so her younger brother can take part in a promising cancer drug trial, and though all she wants is for him to get better, adjusting to life in Manhattan is anything but easy.--
Book cover for "The disturbed girl's dictionary"
Star rating for The disturbed girl's dictionary
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Fifteen-year-old Macy, officially labeled "disturbed" by her school, records her impressions of her rough neighborhood and home life as she tries to rescue her brother from Child Protective Services, win back her overachieving best friend after a fight, and figure out whether to tell her incarcerated father about her mother's cheating.
Book cover for "A face for Picasso"
Star rating for A face for Picasso
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A YA nonfiction story about Ariel and her twin sister's experience living with Crouzon Syndrome"--
Book cover for "Fight + flight"
Star rating for Fight + flight
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Two girls find friendship--and more--when they bond over a traumatic event that took place in their middle school"--
Book cover for "Fish in a tree"
Star rating for Fish in a tree
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
"Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read"--
Book cover for "Forever Neverland"
Star rating for Forever Neverland
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Told in two voices, Clover, twelve, and her autistic brother Fergus, eleven, discover they are descended from Wendy Darling and set off with Peter Pan for adventures in Neverland.
Book cover for "A friend for Henry"
Star rating for A friend for Henry
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong--but Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can play with.
Book cover for "Haben"
Star rating for Haben
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
An Eritrean American deafblind disabilities advocate and Harvard-educated lawyer discusses how she learned to succeed despite barriers.
Book cover for "Hummingbird"
Star rating for Hummingbird
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted"--
Book cover for "I am an Aspie Girl"
Star rating for I am an Aspie Girl
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Lizzie explains what it's like to have Asperger's Syndrome, including how she has a special talent for blending in with her friends, how she gets really tired after being at school all day, how she worries about making mistakes, and how she finds it hard to understand how she is feeling"--
Book cover for "Left out"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see him--both on and off the football field.
Book cover for "A list of cages"
Star rating for A list of cages
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Adam,a high school senior, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation.
Book cover for "Mockingbird (Mok'ing-bûrd)"
Star rating for Mockingbird (Mok'ing-bûrd)
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
Book cover for "New from here"
Star rating for New from here
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus."--
Book cover for "Not so different"
Star rating for Not so different
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A picture book answering the questions young children ask Shane Burcaw about his wheelchair and life with Spinal Muscular Atrophy with equal parts optimism, humor, and empathy.
Book cover for "Out of My Mind"
Star rating for Out of My Mind
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
This special movie tie-in edition showcases a new cover with an image from the original movie now available on Disney+!

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!
"Unflinching and realistic." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a "gutsy, candid, and compelling" (School Library Journal, starred review) story that will forever...
Book cover for "Show me a sign"
Star rating for Show me a sign
Series:
Show me a sign volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...