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Seventh-grader Lauren begins stealing to help children who, like her brother, are on the autism spectrum, and Sierra, in foster care in Lauren's neighborhood, fears she will enable Lauren's lawbreaking. Told half in prose, half in verse.
Lauren begins stealing to help children who, like her brother Ryan, are on the autism spectrum. When Lauren recruits Sierra, in foster care in Lauren's neighborhood, Sienna knows she has more to lose than her friend....
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2024 Autism Acceptance Month Booklist
Autism Awareness Month - Kids
Books with Neurodiverse Characters (SCPL-YS)
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A girl with autism who almost never speaks demonstrates how easily she communicates with her brother and grandmother through facial expressions, gestures, flashcards, and drawings.
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Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 3
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Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden.
48) Paige not found
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"An adventure story that examines consent and privacy in a way that books have not had to before this generation where everything is online. As much as Paige hates the word normal, it's a pretty good word to describe her life, and the kind of night she was having just before a single email turned her world upside down. In an effort to better understand and communicate with their autistic daughter, Paige's parents enrolled her in a study without her...
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"A heartwarming middle-grade debut with autism representation and a musical flair. Maya lives and breathes musicals. When her chance to finally be a part of the summer musical program at the community theater comes up, Maya is convinced she will get the lead. After all, who knows The Drowsy Chaperone better than she does? However, things don't turn out exactly the way Maya's planned, and the summer turns out to be jam-packed with problems: dealing...
52) Afterward
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When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity.
53) On the spectrum
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After a social media disaster, Clara leaves New York to spend the summer with her estranged father in Paris, where she is charged with the care of her autistic six-year-old brother, Alastair.
Growing up in New York City with her mother, a prima ballerina, Clara has never felt good about her body. After a social media disaster, she leaves to spend the summer with her estranged father in Paris. There she is charged with the care of her autistic six-year-old...
54) Me and Mister P
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"An autistic younger brother, a frustrated older brother, and a friendly, fun polar bear who helps both of them!"--
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An autistic nonbinary eighteen-year-old moves to a new town and school with the support of their loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ-plus club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past.
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Twelve-year-old aspiring forest ranger Maggie Chowder wants to be just like her favorite comic superhero, the Exceptional Eagirl. Maggie is determined to make the most of her new circumstances when her dad loses his job and her family moves from a house to a small apartment. But then her best friend's dad becomes a coach for the Seattle Seahawks. LaTanya gets to move into a big house and get a puppy - and Maggie can't help feeling jealous. To make...
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"'I could see the big inside of my Sam-Sam. I had been training him for 252 days with mini tennis balls and pieces of bacon, just to prove to Dad and Mom and Aunt Gus and the whole world that a tiny, fluffy dog could do big things if he wanted to. I think my little dog always knew he could be a hero. I just wonder if he knew about me.' When the cops show up at Jesse's house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he's the #1 suspect in...
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Zak has autism, so he sometimes responds to the world around him in unconventional ways. As he describes his point of view, young readers gain a better understanding of his behaviors and learn valuable lessons about patience, tolerance, and understanding.--Publisher.
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