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• The Loudest Silence

  Langford, Sydney,

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  "Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss, and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Seen the Stars

  Korsh, Kate,

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  Hattie Murphy has a genetic eye disease and is slowly going blind, just like her father did. She hasn't told anyone. When a friend dies unexpectedly, Hattie isn't ready to let go. But while it's hard for her to find her seat in the dim light of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Bodies Ain't Broken

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  From breaking ancient curses to defying death itself, these 13 horror stories cast disabled characters as heroes we can all root for. With visibly and invisibly disabled characters whose illnesses include Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Crohn's disease,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breathing Underwater

  Nash, Abbey Lee,

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  Seventeen-year-old competitive swimmer Tess Cooper grapples with the upheaval of her carefully planned future following an epilepsy diagnosis, and works to get back in the pool despite her doctor's advice or her disctracting feelings for the new guy.

• Time and Time Again

  Greenfield, Chatham,

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  Phoebe Mendel's day is never-ending - literally. She's been stuck in a time loop for nearly a month. Phoebe is desperate to escape the loop and make it to her appointment with a doctor who may actually take her IBS seriously, but nothing ever…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where You See Yourself

  Forrest, Claire (Young adult author),

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  Effie Galanos' goals for her senior year include her navigating her way through her high school that is not really wheelchair-friendly, getting into the perfect college, and getting her crush Wilder to accompany her to the prom--but by spring she is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Letters for Joy

  See, Melissa

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  17-year-old Joy is determined to be Caldwell Prep's first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it's senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Kind of An Epic Love Story

  Callender, Kacen,

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  Budding screenwriter Nate, sixteen, finds his conviction that happy endings do not happen in real life sorely tested when his childhood best friend and crush, Oliver James Hernandez, moves back to town. Oliver is hard of hearing.

• Unbroken

  13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

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  "Warrior. Actor. Friend. Heroine. Traveler. Sister. Magician. Lover. Biker. In this anthology, author Marieke Nijkamp teams up with fellow disabled authors to create a collection of fictional stories that dispense with the tired, broken…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Continuum

  Man, Chella, 1998-

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  "Fine artist, activist, and Titans actor Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color to talk about cultivating self-acceptance and acting as one's own representation."

• Disability Visibility

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

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  What is a disability? What does having a disability mean to the one in five people in the United States who have one or several? The essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer insight into the complex and rich disability…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Face for Picasso

  Coming of Age With Crouzon Syndrome

  Henley, Ariel, 1991-

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  At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome, a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. Growing up, Ariel and her sister endured numerous medical procedures to keep them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breathe and Count Back From Ten

  Sylvester, Natalia,

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  Verónica has always dreamed of being a mermaid. When she's in the water, the pain caused by her hip dysplasia fades, and people can't see the scars from her numerous surgeries. On land, things are less clear. And then - amazingly - a spot opens up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run on Your New Legs. Vol. 1

  Midori, Wataru,

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  Freshman year of high school is awful for most everyone, but Kikuzato is having a particularly tough one. He's starting his freshman year over again after a terrible accident last year required his leg to be amputated; he's still adjusting to life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sweetness Between Us

  Searle, Sarah Winifred,

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  Perley is worried that all the medical expenses from his new diabetes diagnosis will be a hardship on his family. Amandine, part of a venerated family of vampires, has been turned much younger than she expected after a car accident nearly killed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give Me a Sign

  Sortino, Anna,

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  Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that's what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes -- when you don't feel "deaf enough" to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world's expectations. When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chronically Dolores

  Van Wagenen, Maya,

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  Dolores Mendoza was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The painful disease isn't life threatening, but it is threatening to ruin her life. Just when things seem hopeless, Dolores meets Terpsichore who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Curse So Dark and Lonely

  Kemmerer, Brigid,

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  Harper has learned how to fight. Not physically since her cerebral palsy makes that hard but against the fear she feels every day for her mom, who's dying of cancer, and her brother, who's keeping their family afloat through any means. When she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Misdirection of Fault Lines

  Gracia, Anna,

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  Three Asian American teen girls compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament. Each teen faces their own personal challenges off the court. Leylah has Type 1 diabetes and is determined to prove she belongs in the tennis world. Alive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interabled

  True Stories About Love and Disability From Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples

  Burcaw, Shane,

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  In this collection of essays and short stories, follow the lives of several couples as they navigate their love story in an ableist world.