Disability Pride Month - Tweens

Created on July 5, 2022, 1:42 pm

Last Updated July 10, 2022, 9:39 pm

July is Disability Pride Month. It celebrates disabled people, challenges stereotypes about disabilities and educates the public about issues that the disabled community faces every day. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark legislation that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities, was signed on July 26, 1990. Includes the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award and other titles that embody the disability experience. For lists of present and past Schneider Family Book Award titles, see https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award

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Burgess, Rebecca

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To the kids at school, Mia is the autistic girl who can't speak up. To her mom, she's the fragile daughter who needs help fitting in . But to thousands of fans watching her gain popularity online, Mia is a talented singer known only by her secret identity. Elle-Q, and she has a lot to say.

2) Lily and the night creatures

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Lily is chronically ill, but while her parents are welcoming a new baby she sneaks home from her grandmother's house and, aided by animal friends, combats the demons who have moved in.

3) Special like me ...: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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Shannon, Janelle

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Sometimes we must imagine outside the box and create new ways to do things, i.e., playing sports and even writing at times. More than anything we want all Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDSers) to know they arent alone. We want schools to understand each child is unique and need supports. Simply because you cant see it doesnt mean its not real.

4) Honestly Elliott

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McDunn, Gillian

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Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.

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Harrington, C. C

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Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.

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"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"--

7) Growing pangs

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Ormsbee, Kathryn

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Eleven-year-old Katie navigates life as a homeschooler, forms a better understanding of the OCD she experiences, and learns that growing apart from friends is sometimes part of growing up.

8) Nothing is little

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Van Vleet, Carmella

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"Felix, an eleven-year-old boy with Growth Hormone Deficiency and love for forensic science, finds out his biological father is also short and decides to find him"--

9) Aven Green music machine

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Aven Green volume 3

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Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.

10) Bendy Wendy and the (almost) invisible genetic syndrome: a story of one tween's diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/joint hypermobility

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Wendy has always wanted to be a cheerleader, so when she makes the team it seems her dreams have come true. But when she's plagued by constant physical issues during their rigorous practices, she's afraid her dreams will be shattered. Although Wendy looks normal on the outside, she learns from her doctor that she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, also known as joint hypermobility. Find out how Wendy and her family learn to live with this genetic syndrome....

11) Marshmallow & Jordan

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"Jordan's days as star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. 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...

12) Sophie Quire and the last Storyguard

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Auxier, Jonathan

Series

Peter Nimble adventures volume 2

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"Twelve-year-old Sophie knows little beyond the four walls of her father's bookshop, where she repairs old books and dreams of escaping the confines of her dull life. But when a strange boy and his talking cat/horse companion show up with a rare and mysterious book, she finds herself pulled into an adventure beyond anything she has ever read"--

13) Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes: a story

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Auxier, Jonathan

Series

Peter Nimble adventures volume 1

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Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.

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Walsh, Liam Francis

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"In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds...

15) Ellen outside the lines

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"Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain."--

16) Air

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Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her widowed father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels; she has been in a wheelchair all her life, and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) have started treating her differently:...

17) Button pusher

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Tyler's brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a hard time paying attention in class. He acts out in goofy, over-the-top ways. Sometimes, he even does dangerous things--like cut up a bus seat with a pocketknife or hang out of an attic window. To the adults in his life, Tyler seems like a troublemaker. But he knows that he's not. Tyler is curious and creative. He's the best artist in his grade, and when he can focus, he gets great grades. He...

18) Jubilee: the first therapy horse and an Olympic dream

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"Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work-and an unlikely horse named Jubilee. After years of training together and creating...

19) The grave thief

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"Twelve-year-old Spade is a grave thief...He's headed for a lifetime of theft when his father comes up with the audacious plan to rob a grave in the Wyndhail castle cemetery. Spade and his brother get caught in a royal trap, and Spade must find the masterof the Woegon: a deadly creature that is stalking the castle by night. Along the way, he meets Ember, the queen's niece, and together they race to solve the mystery of the legendary Deepstones and...

20) Flipping forward twisting backward

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Fullerton, Alma

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"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"--