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New Perspectives: Disability Visibility

Read these YA titles that honor, celebrate and highlight Disability Pride Month!

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  • Disability Visibility

    17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults

    Alice Wong founded the Disability Visibility Project, a diverse record of first-person accounts from people with disabilities.
    Book, 2021New York : Delacorte Press, 2021. — TEEN 305.908 DISABILITY
  • Unbroken

    13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

    Thirteen short stories, each told by disabled characters and written by disabled creators! You'll find stories about love, friendship, war, travel and everyday life.
    Book, 2018New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018. — TEEN FICTION UNBROKEN
  • This queer, gender-bending retelling of "The Three Musketeers" is sure to steal your heart! Tania is a girl who battles chronic illness, secrets, sisterhood and self-love, all while training to be a Musketeer!
    Book, 2022New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022. — TEEN FICTION LAINOFF
  • When Quinn develops alopecia and loses her hair, her friends abandon her. Nick's life revolved around sports until he lost his legs in an accident. In each other, they'll find the support they need to overcome their own hardships.
    Book, 2018New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018. — TEEN FICTION FRIEND
  • Veronica has had to experience many surgeries to help manage her hip dysplasia, but the best form of rehabilitation is swimming. She spends hours perfecting her skills in the hopes of becoming an underwater mermaid performer!
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — TEEN FICTION SYLVESTER
  • It's hard being queer and disabled in 1904 Norway, but Asta, Gunnar and Erlend won't let anything stop them from pursuing their dreams! This wild and reckless trio is sure to win the hearts of many readers!
    Book, 2021New York, N.Y. : Soho Teen, [2021] — TEEN FICTION HEATH
  • Kohei's hearing disability often leaves him feeling disconnected and misunderstood by the other students, but once he meets Taichi, everything changes!
    Graphic Novel, 2018Long Island City, New York : One Peace Books, 2018. — 741.5952 FUMINO LIMIT
  • Cara's rant about her father and his new wife goes viral, which catches the attention of a reality TV producer who offers them a chance to find her mom a new partner. But Cara can't keep her eye off of Connor, a contestant's son.
    Book, 2022New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — TEEN FICTION MANGLE
  • When 17-year-old Nora, the daughter of a con artist, is taken hostage in a bank heist, every secret she is keeping close begins to unravel!
    Book, 2021New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]. — TEEN FICTION SHARPE
  • A Face for Picasso

    Coming of Age With Crouzon Syndrome

    Henley, Ariel, 1992-
    Twin sisters were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome, a condition where bones in the head fuse prematurely. Growing up with many painful procedures was tough, but Ariel explores the emotional realities of living with a facial disfigurement.
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux,, 2021. — TEEN 617.52 HENLEY
  • After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham's teens undergo rehabilitation. While adapting to her new normal, Barbara can't shake the feeling that something dangerous is lurking just ahead.
    Graphic Novel, 2020Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2020] — TEEN 741.5973 NIJKAMP
  • Kids have been disappearing from Menaiya for decades, but when someone Rae knows goes missing, she decides that she wants to uncover the truth about these mysterious disappearances!
    Book, 2021New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — TEEN FICTION KHANANI
  • Zayneb is running away from her Islamophobic teachers, while Adam avoids telling his dad he has multiple sclerosis. Their chance encounters on an airplane to Doha, Qatar, will change both their lives.
    Book, 2019New York : Salaam Reads, [2019] — TEEN FICTION ALI
  • Macy has a rough home life: a flaky mom, a dad in prison and a younger brother in the foster care system. Her school has classified her as "disturbed," and now her best friend has stopped talking to her. What's a girl to do?
    Book, 2018Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2018] — TEEN FICTION RAMOS
  • Shane will have you laughing out loud while also sharing his experience with spinal muscular atrophy.
    Book, 2019New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2019. — TEEN B BURCAW S BURCAW
  • Viola collapses and wakes up in a hospital to discover that she has developed a sun allergy. Her whole life changes now that she has to be shielded from any potential exposure. But will her new life keep her from falling in love?
    Book, 2018New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc., 2018. — TEEN FICTION CHEN
  • Maya doesn't feel great about transferring from her Deaf school to the local public school. But when the student body president, Beau, starts to flirt with Maya, she realizes it might not be so bad after all.
    Book, 2019Grand Rapids, Michigan : Blink, [2019] — TEEN FICTION GERVAIS
  • Jetta can see the souls of the dead and she uses that skill to earn a spot on the royal ship. She joins up with a smuggler to try and find a hidden spring that promises to cure all illnesses.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — TEEN FICTION HEILIG
  • After losing an eye in a childhood accident, Danny's had to relearn how to navigate her world. But when her TV star dad asks her to be on his survivalist show, she jumps at the chance to prove her strength.
    Book, 2019Toronto, Ontario : ink Yard Press, [2019] — TEEN FICTION FISCHER