Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
By: Judith Heumann
4.40
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp , and for readers of I Am Malala , one of …
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1. Paper Things
By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
2. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
By: Susan Buckley , Elspeth Leacock , None , None
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes As the youngest marcher in th… read more
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3. Bone Gap
By: Laura Ruby
3.89
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps--gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disa… read more
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4. Under the Egg
By: Laura Marx Fitzgerald
4.09
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilermeets Chasing Vermeerin this clever middle-grad… read more
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5. One for All
By: Lillie Lainoff
3.88
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
An OwnVoices, gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness… read more
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- disability
6. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- middle grade
- social justice
7. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
By: Alice Wong
4.47
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, oth… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- disability
"Just knowing your rights (or your worth or value) will never be enough if you are powerless to force someone else to respect them."-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the …"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustice and inequality in the world. While you and I may not have sole responsibility for these inequities, tha…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"He understood that each individual group’s liberation was inextricably linked to the other—that justice and liberation could only be had if we all stand together and fight for the rights and libertie…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
8. 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
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- disability
"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
9. 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
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- middle grade
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
10. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
11. The In-Between
By: Rebecca Ansari
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
12. The Chance to Fly
By: Ali Stroker
4.29
Format: 288 pages, None
A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and h… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- disability
13. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever
By: Eddie Ndopu
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly s… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- disability
14. Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
By: Judith Heumann
4.40
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp , and for readers of I Am Malala , one of … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- history
- childrens
- politics
- middle grade
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- social justice
- disability
15. What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine
By: Erin Williams
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“A humane and gripping work that illuminates how (and why) our treatments of chronic illness fail, … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- disability
16. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)
By: Jarred Amato
4.64
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Fungarium
By: Katie Scott
4.32
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the Welcome to the Museum series with exquisite, detailed images… read more
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- nonfiction
- middle grade
- childrens
18. The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
By: Michael Leali
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt debut novel about a boy's attempt to find himself in the history he loves--perfect for … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Just because a bunch of mostly white men hammered history into one shape, it doesn’t mean they got it right."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Maybe, if we want things to change, we have to stop waiting. Maybe we just need to do something about it ourselves."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"As long as there are people on the planet, life will be unfair, but that doesn’t mean we have to put up with hatred or bigotry."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
"Most all my life, I have blindly accepted what was written in history books and taught in classes. I didn’t think to ask if there was more to the story."-Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
19. Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet
By: Barbara Dee
4.17
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can’t stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety abo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
20. Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann
By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler
4.38
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- nonfiction
- social justice
- disability
21. World Made of Glass
By: Ami Polonsky
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending nove… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"I’m not strong,"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"We are dying because we are gay."-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"I said, ‘Mom, I’m a homosexual,’ and she put down the glass that she was washing and said, ‘Jason Randolph Holmes, the world is going to try very hard to convince you that there’s something wrong wit…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
"Julian felt both familiar and unfamiliar, like he understood maybe the tiniest thing about what I was going through while, at the same time, still being a total stranger. I imagined a paperweight hea…"-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass
