Absolutely Almost<\/strong><\/p>\n Lisa Graff<\/strong><\/p>\n From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most musical. In fact, Albie has a long list of the things he’s not very good at.\u00a0But then Albie gets a new babysitter, Calista, who helps him figure out all of the things he\u00a0is<\/i>\u00a0good at and how he can take pride in himself.<\/p>\n Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>unspecified learning disability<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lucky Broken Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n Ruth Behar<\/strong><\/p>\n From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n Based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s, a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>full body cast<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nRuthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen, a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger. She comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.<\/p>\n