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• You're Welcome, Universe

  Gardner, Whitney,

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  When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You, Me, and Our Heartstrings

  See, Melissa,

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  Seventeen-year-olds Daisy, a talented violinist with cerebral palsy, and Noah, a great cellist with severe anxiety, plan to use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition, but when they are chosen to play a duet, they worry their differences…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One for All

  Lainoff, Lillie,

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  In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love From A to Z

  Ali, S. K.,

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  Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.

• Turtles All the Way Down

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darius the Great Is Not Okay

  Khorram, Adib,

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  Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.

• Unbroken

  13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

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  An anthology of stories in various genres, featuring disabled characters and written by disabled creators, ranging from established best selling authors to debut authors.

• Breathe and Count Back From Ten

  Sylvester, Natalia,

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  Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lakelore

  McLemore, Anna-Marie

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  In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact? Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Six of Crows

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first.

• The Theft of Sunlight

  Khanani, Intisar,

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  Disabled country girl Rae reluctantly becomes an attendant to Princess Alyrra, navigating palace life while helping investigate the child snatchers who stole the sister of Rae's best friend.

• Happily Ever Afters

  Bryant, Elise (Elise M.),

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  Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She's rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she's a true leading lady is in her own writing--in the swoony love…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild and Crooked

  Thomas, Leah, 1989-

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  In Samsboro, Kentucky, Kalyn Spence's name is inseparable from the brutal murder her father committed when he was a teenager. Forced to return to town, Kalyn must attend school under a pseudonym . . . or face the lingering anger of Samsboro's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Thing About You

  Hayden, Chaz,

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  When fifteen-year-old Harris moves with his family from California (home of beautiful-but-inaccessible beaches) to New Jersey (home of some much-hyped pizza and bagels), he's determined to be known as more than just the kid in the powered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Wish You All the Best

  Deaver, Mason,

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  After coming out as nonbinary, Ben must leave home and goes to live with a sister and her husband to finish the last year of high school.