Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend
By: Lizzie Huxley-Jones
4.45
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
“The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that yo…
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1. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
By: Beth Lincoln
4.06
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
2. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)
By: Pari Thomson
4.20
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- magic
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
3. The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)
By: Siobhan McDermott
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of t… read more
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- fantasy
- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
4. Diary of a Young Naturalist
By: Dara McAnulty
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From sprin… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
"Many people accuse me of “not looking autistic"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"I have the heart of a naturalist, the head of a would-be scientist, and bones of someone who is already wearied by the apathy and destruction wielded against the natural world."-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"As I ran to join my family for the last stretch of the walk at Glendalough, leaving St Kevin and the blackbird behind, a solar glare draped over us, connected us to the land with invisible strings. A…"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
"I'm surrounded by five or six fly agaric mushrooms. Like them, I have burst open. I feel more resilient, more powerful. [...] I can't just love the natural world. I have to raise my voice even louder…"-Dara McAnulty, Diary of a Young Naturalist
5. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
6. Girl, Goddess, Queen
By: Bea Fitzgerald
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
7. 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
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- fiction
- disability
"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
8. Keedie
By: Elle McNicoll
4.69
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- fiction
- disability
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
9. Jamie
By: L.D. Lapinski
4.46
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautiful and uplifting story from L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, abou… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- lgbt
"Being trans is fine, it's the world that's the problem. And that's what people don't seem to get. There are loads of us as well. Whether you make room for us or not, whether you accept us or not, whe…"-L.D. Lapinski, Jamie
10. Hits Different
By: Tasha Ghouri
3.58
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
DISCOVER YOUR BOOK OF THE SUMMER FROM TASHA GHOURI, LOVE ISLAND STAR AND DISABILITY CAMPAIGNER! Cas… read more
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- fiction
11. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)
By: J.J. Arcanjo
4.28
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
12. Like a Curse
By: Elle McNicoll
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- fiction
- fantasy
- disability
13. Like a Charm
By: Elle McNicoll
4.25
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- magic
- fiction
- fantasy
- disability
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm
"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm
"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm
"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm
14. Show Us Who You Are
By: Elle McNicoll
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for … read more
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- fiction
- disability
"There are no useless facts, Cora."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"Grief is just love asking for more time."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are
15. Stepfather Christmas: A Festive Countdown Story in 25 Chapters
By: L.D. Lapinski
4.34
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
From L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency , comes a heartwarming and hilarious… read more
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- middle grade
- fantasy
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17. Some Like It Cold
By: Elle McNicoll
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A big-hearted small-town romance from bestselling, award-winning author Elle McNicoll, Some Like it… read more
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- disability
- autistic spectrum disorder
- fiction
18. Not for the Faint of Heart
By: Lex Croucher
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- magic
- fiction
- fantasy
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
20. Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend
By: Lizzie Huxley-Jones
4.45
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
“The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that yo… read more
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- childrens
- lgbt
- british literature
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- magic
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- disability
21. Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
By: Martin Howard
4.28
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
Super funny, super spooky MG for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-t… read more
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- middle grade
- fantasy
"The whole experience is disappointing,"-Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
