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2012
The Running Dream
by Draanen, Wendelin VanJessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run?
2011
The Pirate Of Kindergarten
by Lyon, George EllaAges 4-8 Summary: Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.
After Ever After
by Sonnenblick, JordanJeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen in remission. Even though the cancer should be far behind him, life still feels fragile.
Five Flavors Of Dumb
by John, AntonyThe 2011 Schneider Family Teen Book Award! The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig. The Deal: If she does it, Piper becomes the band's manager gets a share of the profits. But: Piper is Deaf.
2010
Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist
by Christensen, BonnieBorn into extreme poverty in a gypsy encampment, Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) overcame tremendous obstacles, including a debilitating injury, to become the world's most acclaimed jazz guitarist.
Anything But Typical
by Baskin, Nora RaleighJason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong.
Marcelo In The Real World
by Stork, Francisco X.Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mail room of a corporate law firm.
2009
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
by Parker, Robert AndrewRegardless of whether they've heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful and energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it.
Waiting For Normal
by Connor, LeslieAddie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, jubilation or gloom, her way or no way. All or nothing never adds up to normal.
Jerk, California
by Friesen, JonathanPlagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.
2008
Kami And The Yaks
by Stryer, Andrea StennIn the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, a deaf Sherpa boy proves himself to his family by rescuing the family's yaks.
Reaching For Sun
by Zimmer, Tracie VaughnJosie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. Her family's small farmhouse seems to shrink each time another mansion grows up behind it. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father.
Hurt Go Happy
by Rorby, GinnyThirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language.
2007
The Deaf Musicians
by Seeger, Pete and Jacobs, Paul DuboisLee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.
Rules
by Lord, Cynthia12-year-old Catherine has spent years trying to teach her autistic brother, David, the rules. But when she meets Jason and Kristi over the summer, it is her own behavior that turns everything upside down. A Newbery Honor Book.
Small Steps
by Sachar, Louis"Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track." Working for a landscaper, he's doing well, until a buddy from the camp comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme.
2006
Dad, Jackie, And Me
by Uhlberg, MyronJackie Robinson is the new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers--and the first black player in Major League Baseball. A young boy shares the excitement of Robinson's rookie season with his deaf father.
Tending To Grace
by Fusco, Kimberly NewtonCornila goes to stay at her reclusive Aunt's farm, after her mother abandons her. She learns many things about herself while there.
Under The Wolf, Under The Dog
by Rapp, AdamSixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide.
2005
My Pal, Victor / Mi Amigo, Víctor
by Bertrand, Diane GonzalesTwo Latino boys experience carefree friendship despite one boy's disability. In English and Spanish.
Becoming Naomi León
by Ryan, Pam MuñozWhen Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir
by Abeel, SamanthaSamantha Abeel can't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter and she's in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these make no sense.
2004
Looking Out For Sarah
by Lang, GlennaTells the day in the life of a guide dog from the dog's perspective.
A Mango Shaped Space
by Mass, WendyThe book is about a teenage girl Mia who has the ability to see words and numbers in different colors. Describes how she uses this unusual gift.
Things Not Seen
by Clements, AndrewBobby Phillips wakes up one morning and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind - invisible. That means no school, no friends, no life. He has to find out how to be seen again-before it's too late.
