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Disabilities

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Disabilities & Differences in Teen  Fiction

 

 

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

  • Pub Date: 2009 
  • Middle and high school interest 
  • See also: ArtBeauty & Self Image 
  • Terra has a port-wine stain birthmark on her face that she covers with makeup.

 

The One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to His Death and Lands in California by Mary Hershey

  • Pub Date: 2007
  • Middle and High school interest
  • See also: Long Lost ParentStepparents
  • Alastair is shocked to find out that his new stepmother is also an amputee. 

 

Shark Girl by  Kelly Binghm

  • Pub Date: 2007
  • Middle and high school interest
  • See also: Art 
  • On the Blog: Formerly Shark Girl 
  • Jane must learn to use her left hand to draw after her right arm is amputated.

 

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

  • Pub Date: Jan 2011
  • Middle and High School Interest
  • Jessica is determined to keep running even after she loses a leg in an accident.

 

Tripping by Heather Waldorf

  • Pub Date: 2009
  • High school interest
  • See also: Long Lost Parents, Travel
  • While traveling on a cross-country trip, Rainey (who was born without a leg) learns that her birthmother wants to meet her. 

 

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

  • 2011 Schneider Award winner
  • Piper, a teen who is moderately severely deaf, manages a rock band.

 

Every Crooked Pot by Renee Rosen 

 

Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge

  • Pub Date: 2011
  • High School Interest
  • See also: DIY  
  • Ben, who has cerebral palsy, and Colleen make a movie.

 

Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson

  • Jean spends a week at "Crip Camp" in the 1970's.

 

Crazy by Benjamin Lebert

  • A partially paralyzed teen starts at a new boarding school in Germany.

 

The Losers Club by John Lekich

  • A teen with CP and his friends attempt to overthrow some bullies.

 

Izzy Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt

  • Izzy loses her leg in an accident and must learn to live as an amputee.

 

Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

  • Pub Date: 2016
  • High school interest 
  •  Three teens spend the summer faking near-death experiences until one of them has a real brush with death. Stevie has diabetes, and Max is missing fingers.

 

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

  • Pub Date: 2014
  • Middle and high school interest  
  • See also: Religion, International Settings 
  • Veda's dance teacher (and love interest) helps her connect to dance on a spiritual level after she loses a leg in an accident.  

 

You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • High school interest 
  • See also: Artists, LGBT Parents
  • A teen graffiti artist who is deaf gets into a tag war. 

 

Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • High school interest
  • See also: Long Lost ParentExtended Family
  • Anise and her father spend the summer in the midwest helping out her aunt and cousins, where she meets a limb deficient skateboarder.

 

Run by Kody Keplinger

 

When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A. J. Steiger

 

The Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen

  • Pub Date: 2018
  • High school interest
  • Spencer has Tourette's. 

 

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

  • Pub Date: 2015
  • High school Interest
  • See also: Revenge 
  • Kaz walks with a cane and runs a gang.

 

The Opposite of Falling Apart by Micah Goode

  • Pub Date: 2020
  • High school Interest
  • See also: Writers, Multiple Narrators
  • Brennan lives with anxiety and Jonas is a recent amputee.

 

 

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