Counting by 7s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holly Goldberg Sloan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn\u2019t kept her from leading a quietly happy life…until now.
\nSuddenly Willow\u2019s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is\u00a0not<\/i>\u00a0a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.<\/p>\n

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

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Ghost<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Running. That’s all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track team. Nope, his game has always been ball. But when Ghost impulsively challenges an elite sprinter to a race — and wins — the Olympic medalist track coach sees he has something: crazy natural talent. Thing is, Ghost has something else: a lot of anger, and a past that he is trying to outrun. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed and meld with the team, or will his past finally catch up to him?<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder<\/p>\n

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Paperboy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vince Vawter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend’s paper route for the month of July, he knows he’ll be forced to communicate with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything.
\nThe paper route poses challenges, but it’s a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble–and puts the boy’s life, as well as that of his family’s devoted housekeeper, in danger.<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>speech impediment<\/p>\n

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Strange Star<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emma Carroll<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. ‘A tale to freeze the blood,’ was the only rule. Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are gathered round the fire.
\nFelix, their serving boy, can’t wait to hear their creepy tales.
\nYet real life is about to take a chilling turn – more chilling than any tale.
\nFrantic pounding at the front door reveals a stranger, a girl covered in the most unusual scars.
\nShe claims to be looking for her sister, supposedly snatched from England by a woman called Mary Shelley.
\nSomeone else has followed her here too, she says. And the girl is terrified. This breathtaking new book from Emma Carroll, the critically-acclaimed author of Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked On Air, In Darkling Wood and The Snow Sister, is a deliciously creepy story inspired by the creation of Frankenstein, and is brought to life by a leading talent in children’s literature.<\/p>\n

Disability Portrayed:\u00a0<\/strong>scarring, blindness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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