As Brave As You<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Reynolds<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Genie\u2019s summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia\u2014in the COUNTRY! The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Thunderstruck and\u2014being a curious kid\u2014Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he covers it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans).
\nHow does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he\u2019s ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house\u2014as in NEVER. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into\u2014a room so full of songbirds and plants that it\u2019s almost as if it\u2019s been pulled inside-out\u2014he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all.
\nThen Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. It\u2019s his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. None. Nada. Dumbfounded by Ernie\u2019s reluctance, Genie is left to wonder\u2014is bravery and becoming a man only about proving something, or is it just as important to own up to what you won\u2019t do?<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>blindness<\/p>\n

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The Science of Breakable Things<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tae Keller<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n

How do you grow a miracle?\u00a0<\/i>
\nFor the record, this is not the question Mr. Neely is looking for when he says everyone in class must answer an important question using the scientific method. But Natalie’s botanist mother is suffering from depression, so this is The Question that’s important to Natalie. When Mr. Neely suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie has hope.
\nEggs are breakable. Hope is not.\u00a0<\/i>
\nNatalie has a secret plan for the prize money. She’s going to fly her mother to see the Cobalt Blue Orchids–flowers that survive against impossible odds. The magical flowers are sure to inspire her mother to love life again. Because when parents are breakable, it’s up to kids to save them, right?<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>depression<\/p>\n

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I Funny<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world’s greatest standup comedian–even if he doesn’t have a lot to laugh about these days. He’s new in town and stuck living with his aunt, uncle, and their evil son Stevie, a bully who doesn’t let Jamie’s wheelchair stop him from messing with Jamie as much as possible. But Jamie doesn’t let his situation get him down. When his Uncle Frankie mentions a contest called The Planet’s Funniest Kid Comic, Jamie knows he has to enter. But are the judges only rewarding him out of pity because of his wheelchair, like Stevie suggests? Will Jamie ever share the secret of his troubled past instead of hiding behind his comedy act?<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed: <\/strong>need for a wheelchair<\/p>\n

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Flamingo Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Morpurgo<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Goodreads<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This is a landmark new novel form the nation’s favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, a young autistic boy lives on his parents’ farm among the salt flats, and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn’t understand: but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine, and music too: and every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel.
\nBut then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town. A soldier shoots a flamingo from the sky, and it falls to earth terribly injured. And even worse is to come: the carousel is damaged, the horses broken. For this vulnerable boy, everything is falling apart.
\nOnly there’s a kind sergeant among the Germans \u2013 a man with a young boy of his own at home, a man who trained as a carpenter. Between them, perhaps boy and man can mend what has been broken \u2013 and maybe even the whole town\u2026<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>autism spectrum disorder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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