7 must-read biography memoir books like A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley

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A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

By: Ariel Henley

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it.At only eight months old, identical twin sis…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. When the Angels Left the Old Country

By: Sacha Lamb

4.27

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power o… read more

Similar categories in Sacha Lamb's When the Angels Left the Old Country book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
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2. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • disability
  • mental health
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3. Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

By: Mari Lowe

4.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

2023 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A comm… read more

Similar categories in Mari Lowe's Aviva vs. the Dybbuk book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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4. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
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5. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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7. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Abuela, Don't Forget Me book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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9. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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10. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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11. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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12. 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 Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
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14. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

By: Rebekah Taussig

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Re… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Taussig's Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"The goal is not to avoid falling or needing help. The goal is to be seen, asked, heard, believed, valued as we are, allowed to exist in these exact bodies, invited to the party, and encouraged to dan…"

-Rebekah Taussig, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

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15. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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16. The Words in My Hands

By: Asphyxia

4.22

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an explorat… read more

Similar categories in Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • coming of age
  • disability
Cover of Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

17. Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplas… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's Breathe and Count Back from Ten book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • disability
  • audiobook
"You are so a physical person...You're taking up space. You're made of all this matter. What more proof do you need than that?"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

"Like maybe the "magic" isn't just about believing in mermaids; it's about believing peope like me don't exist, Like maybe admitting I've needed crutched dispels the myths we want to believe about peo…"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

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18. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • coming of age
  • disability
  • audiobook
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19. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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20. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
Cover of Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

21. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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22. American Murderer

By: Gail Jarrow

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centurie… read more

Similar categories in Gail Jarrow's American Murderer book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
Cover of A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley

23. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

By: Ariel Henley

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it.At only eight months old, identical twin sis… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • coming of age
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
Cover of Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

24. Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

By: Kekla Magoon

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers—as milit… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The FBI nicknamed the program COINTELPRO, as a shorthand for "counterintelligence program." COINTELPRO originated in the 1950s, to prevent socialist movements from developing in the United States, an…"

-Kekla Magoon, Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

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25. Unequal: A Story of America

By: Michael Eric Dyson

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau s… read more

Similar categories in Michael Eric Dyson's Unequal: A Story of America book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice  Wong

26. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more

Similar categories in Alice Wong's Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • disability
  • mental health
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27. Manmade Monsters

By: Andrea L. Rogers

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-… read more

Similar categories in Andrea L. Rogers's Manmade Monsters book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
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28. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History

By: Ariel Aberg-Riger

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Aberg-Riger's America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
Cover of From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

29. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

By: Paula Yoo

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers… read more

Similar categories in Paula Yoo's From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream by Tiffanie Drayton

30. Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

By: Tiffanie Drayton

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named "most anticipated" book of February by Marie Claire, Essence, and A.V. Club "…extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Tiffanie Drayton's Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sea Is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt

31. The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

By: Cassandra Hartt

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

West Finch is one hurricane away from falling into the sea. Yet sixteen-year-old Harlow Prout is… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Hartt's The Sea Is Salt and So Am I book and Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"The sea takes everything—except this."

-Cassandra Hartt, The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

"Nothing stays secret in West Finch for long."

-Cassandra Hartt, The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

"When all you know is sea and the sky, everything on land is something to look at."

-Cassandra Hartt, The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

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The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

Rebekah Taussig

4.45

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The Words in My Hands

Asphyxia

4.22

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Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Natalia Sylvester

3.86

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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