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FICTION
TEEN
F Arms
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Armstrong, Jennifer.
Becoming Mary Mehan: Two Novels. Knopf, 1997. After the war, former Civil War nurse Mary falls
in love with a musician who has lost his hearing. |
| jF BLoo |
Bloor, Edward.
Tangerine. Harcourt, 1997. 12-year-old Paul, who is legally blind, fights for the right to play on his school’s
soccer team and learns the truth about how he lost his sight. |
TEEN
F CLem |
Clements, Chris.
Things Not Seen. Penguin, 2002. Having turned invisible overnight, 15-year-old Bobby becomes friends with Alicia, a blind teenager who helps him with his problem. |
TEEN
F Crut |
Crutcher, Chris.
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes.
HarperCollins, 1993. Overweight Eric and burn victim Sarah Byrnes bonded in junior high to fight off bullies, but now Eric must try to help Sarah, the toughest person he has ever known, who has become catatonic. |
TEEN
F Ferr |
Ferris, Jean.
Of Sound Mind. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. The only hearing member of his family, high school senior Theo feels burdened by the task of interpreting for them, especially his demanding artist mother. |
TEEN
F Froe |
Froese, Deborah.
Out of the Fire. Sumach, 2001. Life is no longer about good hair, boyfriends and parties after 16-year-old Dayle is severely burned at a bonfire party. |
TEEN
F Fusc |
Fusco, Kimberly Newton.
Tending to Grace.
Knopf, 2004. 14-year-old Cornelia, left to live in a run-down house with her great aunt,
struggles with the embarrassment
over her pronounced stutter and finds a new voice |
TEEN
F Grif |
Griffin, Adele.
Where I Want to Be. Penguin, 2005. In alternating chapters, Jane and Lily, two sisters, one dead the other alive,
grapple with Jane’s mental illness and its effects on both of them. |
| TEEN F Haut |
Hautman, Pete.
Sweetblood. Simon and Schuster, 2003. 16-year-old Lucy, thinks her diabetes may make her a potential
vampire, but her research turns dangerous when she meets a real vampire online. |
TEEN
F Hess |
Hesser, Terry Spencer.
Kissing Doorknobs. Delacorte, 1998. 14-year-old Tara is smart, pretty,
nice and popular, but also suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
which creates havoc in her life, especially at home. |
TEEN
F Ingo |
Ingold, Jeannette.
The Window. Harcourt, 1996.
Blinded by the accident that killed her mother, 15 year-old Mandy
comes to terms with her disability and the loss of her mother. |
TEEN
F |
Johnson, Harriet Mcbryde.
Accidents Of Nature. Henry Holt, 2006.
Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy, and her life is
changed when she attends a ten-day session at Camp Courage, where she meets
a friend with fresh views about how crippled people fit into society. |
TEEN
F Jord |
Jordan, Sherryl.
The Raging Quiet. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
16-year-old Marnie is accused of witchcraft when she befriends a deaf man thought to be mad by the local villagers. |
TEEN
F Keyes Da |
Keyes, Daniel.
Flowers for Algernon. Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966.
Charlie Gordon, a developmentally disabled adult janitor, becomes a genius through an experimental operation. |
TEEN
F Koer |
Koertge, Ron.
Stoner and Spaz. Candlewick Press, 2002.
Ben, a 16-year-old with cerebral palsy and an insatiable appetite for movies, will never be the same since meeting Colleen, a beautiful, young drug addict. |
TEEN
F Mars |
Marsden, John.
So Much to Tell You. Little Brown, 1989.
Facially disfigured and selectively mute, Marina gradually reveals the circumstances that caused her condition. |
TEEN
F Mass |
Mass, Wendy.
A Mango-Shaped Space: A Novel. Little Brown, 2003.
Afraid that she was crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia kept secret the fact that for as long as she can remember
letters and numbers had colors and sounds had both colors and shapes, until she is diagnosed with synesthesia. |
TEEN
F McCo |
McCormick, Patricia.
Cut. Front Street, 1996.
15-year-old Callie, hospitalized for cutting herself, gradually comes out of her silence to admit the reasons for her actions. |
TEEN
F Orr |
Orr, Wendy.
Peeling the Onion. Holiday House, 1997.
Returning home from a karate tournament, Anna Duncan has her neck broken in a car crash, forcing her to begin a slow recovery that replaces her old life. |
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Philbrick, Rodman.
Freak the Mighty. Scholastic, 1993.
Together, Max, a learning disabled teenage giant, and Kevin, a brilliant boy with a birth defect that has stunted his growth, become “Freak the Mighty,” righter of all wrongs. |
TEEN
F Rott |
Rottman, S. L.
Head Above Water. Peachtree, 1999.
High schooler and competitive swimmer Skye, while caring for her brother who has Down Syndrome, tries to balance personal interests and family demands. |
| jF Rubi |
Rubin, Susan Goldman.
Emily Good as Gold.
Harcourt, 1993. 13-year-old developmentally disabled Emily longs to be like other teens. |
TEEN
F Sone |
Sones, Sonya.
Stop Pretending:
What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.
HarperCollins, 1999.
When her sister becomes mentally ill, 14-year-old Cookie shares her feelings in free-verse poems.
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TEEN
F Tash |
Tashjian, Janet.
Multiple Choice. Henry Holt, 1999.
Seemingly ordinary 14-year old Monica’s life spins out of control when her compulsion to follow a self-imposed game of “multiple choice” takes over her life.
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TEEN
F Trem |
Trembath, Don.
Lefty Carmichael has A Fit. Orca Book Publishers, 1999.
Despite 15-year-old Lefty Carmichael’s epilepsy diagnosis, he finds humor and compassion in his life.
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TEEN
F True |
Trueman, Terry.
Inside Out. HarperCollins, 2003.
While 16-year-old schizophrenic Zach is waiting in a coffee shop after school for his mom to bring his medication, two teens attempt robbery and take hostages.
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| jF True |
Trueman, Terry.
Stuck in Neutral. HarperCollins, 2000.
Nobody knows that 14-year-old Shawn, born with cerebral palsy and unable to communicate or control his movements, is actually a genius whose anguished father wants to end his pain. |
| jF Voig |
Voigt, Cynthia.
Izzy, Willy-Nilly. Simon & Schuster, 1986.
When 15-year-old Izzy loses her leg in a car crash, she struggles to rethink her friendships and her life. |
| jF Week |
Weeks, Sarah.
So B. It. HarperCollins, 2004.
An undeveloped roll of film leads 12-year-old Heidi to embark on a cross-country trip to solve the mystery of her severely mentally disabled mother’s past. |
TEEN
F WiLL |
Willis, Jeanne.
Naked Without a Hat. Delacorte, 2004.
Promising to keep his Down Syndrome a secret, 18-year-old Will moves out on his own, falls in love, and learns to shape his own identity. |
TEEN
F WiLs |
Wilson, Dawn.
Saint Jude. Tudor, 2001.
Committed to an outpatient program for teens with problems by her mother, 18-year-old Taylor gradually comes to terms with her bipolar diagnosis. |
| jF WoLf |
Wolff , Virginia Euwer.
Probably Still Nick Swanson. Henry Holt, 1988.
16-year-old special education student Nick is stood up by his prom date, a former classmate who has been mainstreamed into the regular classroom. |
NONFICTION
TEEN
305.235 Trai |
Trail mix: Stories of Youth Overcoming Adversity.
Compiled by Danielle Corriveau. Corvo Communications, 2001. Fourteen young adults share their personal stories that include experiences with leukemia, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and ADHD. |
TEEN
B Ahme |
Ahmedi, Farah and Tamim Ansary.
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky.
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2005. Farah Ahmedi, an Afghan teenager and immigrant to the U.S. who lost her leg in a land mine accident, tells a tale of endurance and hope. |
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Amen 1996 |
Amen, Antony , J, Sharon R. Johnson and Daniel G. Amen.
A Teenager’s Guide to A. D. D.: Understanding
and Treating Attention Deficit Disorders Through the Teenage Years.
MindWorks Press, 1996. Written by two teenagers and a neurologist, this book explains what’s really happening in the brain and addresses esteem, family, friends, and teachers. |
| j759.972 KahL |
Cruz, Barbara C.
Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Mexican Painter.
Enslow, 1996.
A near-fatal accident at age 18 did not stop Frida from living life to the fullest. |
| jB KeLL |
Dash, Joan.
The World at Her Fingertips: the Story of Helen Keller.
Scholastic, 2001.
The brilliant Helen Keller (1880-1968) showed how many possibilities there are for people with physical challenges. |
TEEN
B Hami |
Hamilton, Bethany.
Soul Surfer.
Pocket Books, 2004.
Bethany, a young surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, tells a story of faith and success. |
371.926
L3735S |
Lauren, Jill.
Succeeding with LD: 20 True Stories about Real People with LD.
Free Spirit Pub., 1997. Stories of those who have effectively dealt with learning differences and succeeded in their chosen fields. |
371.9
M779L |
Mooney, Jonathan.
Learning Outside the Lines. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Inspirational stories of learners who had to live with different learning styles. |
TEEN
B Runy |
Runyon, Brent.
The Burn Journals. Random House, 2004.
At fourteen, Brent Runyon set himself on fire and survived to tell this harrowing account of pain, procedures, and emotional recovery. |
TEEN
305.9081 Stew |
Stewart, Gail B.
Teens with Disabilities. Lucent Books, 2001.
This volume profiles the way four teenagers have dealt with their disabilities. |
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