Handbook for Dragon Slayers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Merrie Haskell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, has never given much thought to dragons, attending instead to her endless duties and wishing herself free of a princess’s responsibilities.
\nWhen a greedy cousin steals Tilda’s lands, the young princess goes on the run with two would-be dragon slayers. Before long she is facing down the Wild Hunt, befriending magical horses, and battling flame-spouting dragons. On the adventure of a lifetime, and caught between dreams of freedom and the people who need her, Tilda learns more about dragons\u2014and herself\u2014than she ever imagined.<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>lame foot<\/p>\n

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Navigating Early<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clare Vanderpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mother\u2019s death and placed in a boy\u2019s boarding school in Maine. There, Jack encounters Early Auden, the strangest of boys, who reads the number pi as a story and collects clippings about the sightings of a great black bear in the nearby mountains.
\nNewcomer Jack feels lost yet can\u2019t help being drawn to Early, who won\u2019t believe what everyone accepts to be the truth about the Great Appalachian Bear, Timber Rattlesnakes, and the legendary school hero known as The Fish, who never returned from the war. When the boys find themselves unexpectedly alone at school, they embark on a quest on the Appalachian Trail in search of the great black bear.
\nBut what they are searching for is sometimes different from what they find. They will meet truly strange characters, each of whom figures into the pi story Early weaves as they travel, while discovering things they never realized about themselves and others in their lives.<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>autism spectrum disorder<\/p>\n

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Rain Reign<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ann M. Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Rose Howard has Asperger\u2019s syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose\u2019s rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose\u2019s father brought home. Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose\u2019s father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn\u2019t have much patience for his special-needs daughter.
\nJust as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose\u2019s father shouldn\u2019t have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Rose will find Rain, but so will Rain\u2019s original owners.<\/p>\n

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

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