5 best-selling disability books like A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

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A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to…

"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

If you liked the disability plot in A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. How to Become a Planet

By: Nicole Melleby

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorit… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Melleby's How to Become a Planet book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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6. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Partridge's Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

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8. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • middle grade
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10. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

11. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

By: Chloé Hayden

4.34

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Chloé Hayden's Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • audiobook
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • disability
  • mental health
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."

-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

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12. Pojke av trä (Fruktansvärda grejer som ingen får veta, #1)

By: Martin Olczak

3.65

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

Hedda är klassens emo. Alltid svarta kläder, alltid med en bok i handen, pratar aldrig med någon. F… read more

Similar categories in Martin Olczak's Pojke av trä (Fruktansvärda grejer som ingen får veta, #1) book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • middle grade
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14. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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15. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

17. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

Cover of The Golden Hour by Niki Smith

19. The Golden Hour

By: Niki Smith

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more

Similar categories in Niki Smith's The Golden Hour book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life by Emily Katy

20. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

Similar categories in Emily Katy's Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
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21. Det värsta som kan hända är allt

By: Cina Friedner

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Orkaner. Bilolyckor. Kärnvapenkrig. Eldsvådor. Det finns så mycket hemskt som kan hända, och Be… read more

Similar categories in Cina Friedner's Det värsta som kan hända är allt book and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark

12 Top fiction books like A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

Transform Your Habits

How to Become a Planet

Nicole Melleby

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

Transform Your Habits

A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

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16 Top fiction books like The Fort by Gordon Korman

Transform Your Habits

How to Become a Planet

Nicole Melleby

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Two Degrees

Alan Gratz

4.15

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