Books With Disabled Representation


Showing 1 - 18 of 18  There are a total of 153 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "A boy called Bat"
Star rating for A boy called Bat
Series:
Boy called BAT volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a stray baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...
Book cover for "Can you see me?"
Star rating for Can you see me?
Author:
Series:
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Eleven-year-old Tally is starting sixth grade at Kingswood Academy and she really wants to fit in, which means somehow hiding her autism, hypersensitivity to touch, and true self, and trying to act "normal" like her former best friend, Layla, who is distancing herself from Tally and her fourteen-year-old sister, Nell, who is always angry with Tally for being different; but as she records her thoughts and anxieties in her coping diary, Tally begins...
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 "Flipping forward twisting backward"
Star rating for Flipping forward twisting backward
Description:
"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled 'stupid'--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading"--

5. Ghosts

Book cover for "Ghosts"
Star rating for Ghosts
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Book cover for "How to train your dragon"
Star rating for How to train your dragon
Series:
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.
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 "Insignificant events in the life of a cactus"
Star rating for Insignificant events in the life of a cactus
Series:
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Book cover for "Left out"
Star rating for Left out
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 "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 "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 "Planet Earth is blue"
Star rating for Planet Earth is blue
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Autistic and nearly nonverbal, twelve-year-old Nova is happy in her new foster home and school, but eagerly anticipates the 1986 Challenger launch, for which her sister, Bridget, promised to return.
Book cover for "Rain reign"
Star rating for Rain reign
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
Struggling with Asperger's, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet.

14. Rules

Book cover for "Rules"
Star rating for Rules
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
Book cover for "The secret garden"
Star rating for The secret garden
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Book cover for "Song for a whale"
Star rating for Song for a whale
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Book cover for "Team players"
Star rating for Team players
Author:
Series:
Description:
A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates.

18. Wonder

Book cover for "Wonder"
Star rating for Wonder
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.