The Angel Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daphne Benedis-Grab<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Every Christmas in the small town of Pine River, a tree appears in the town square–the Angel Tree. Some people tie wishes to the tree, while others make those wishes come true. Nobody’s ever known where the tree comes from, but the mystery has always been part of the tradition’s charm.
\nThis year, however, four kids who have been helped–Lucy, Joe, Max, and Cami–are determined to solve the mystery and find out the true identity of the town’s guardian angel, so that Pine River can finally thank the person who brought the Angel Tree to their town.<\/p>\n

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

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How to Fly With Broken Wings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jane Elson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Twelve-year-old Willem has Aspergers Syndrome and two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. But all the other boys from the Beckham Estate do is make him jump off things. First his desk – and now the wall. As his toes teeter on the edge, Sasha Barton gives him a tiny little wink. Might she become his friend?
\nBullied by Finn and his gang the Beckham Estate Boyz, Willem has no choice but to jump. As he flies through the air he flaps his arms, wishing he could fly and escape into the clouds. Instead he comes crashing down and breaks his ankle.
\nSasha, angry with herself for not stopping Finn and his Boyz, is determined to put things right. And soon, while the gangs riot on their estate, Willem and Sasha form an unlikely friendship. Because they share a secret. Sasha longs to fly too.
\nAnd when Magic Man Archie arrives with stories of war-flying spitfires, he will change the lives of the kids on the Beckham Estate for ever. And perhaps find a way for Willem and Sasha to fly …<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>Asperger’s syndrome<\/p>\n

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Odd and the Frost Giants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neil Gaiman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The winter isn’t ending. Nobody knows why.
\nAnd Odd has run away from home, even though he can barely walk and has to use a crutch.
\nOut in the forest he encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle – three creatures with a strange story to tell.
\nNow Odd is faced with a stranger journey than he had ever imagined.
\nA journey to save Asgard, City of the Norse Gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it.
\nIt’s going to take a very special kind of boy to defeat the most dangerous of all the Frost Giants and rescue the mighty Gods. Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever.
\nSomeone just like Odd…<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>crutch user<\/p>\n

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