Putting on sunscreen and always wearing a hat are just part of life. And a cane keeps her from bruising her hips on tables. Sure, she uses a magnifier to read books. Her struggle to save herself is at the core of this penetrating and poignant novel that probes our perceptions of ability and disability.īefore Stinkville, Alice didn’t think albinism-or the blindness that goes with it-was a big deal. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a “live specimen” in a cruel experiment. And a cunning young scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island’s prevalent deafness. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. Mary’s brother died, leaving her family shattered. She is proud of her lineage.īut recent events have delivered winds of change. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there - including Mary - are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha’s Vineyard. This piercing exploration of ableism, racism, and colonialism answers the call to dig deep, examine core beliefs, and question what is considered normal. A real-life superhero, Jordan is changing the world with her foundation, Born Just Right, which advocates and celebrates kids with differences, and helps them live their best possible life-just like Jordan is today!ĭeaf author Ann Clare LeZotte weaves a riveting Own Voices story inspired by the true history of a thriving deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard in the early 19th century. Her most famous invention, aptly called Project Unicorn, is a special prosthetic (that shoots glitter!) made with the help of a 3-D printer. Whether it was changing people’s minds about her capabilities, trying all kinds of sports, or mentoring other kids, Jordan has channeled any negativity into a positive, and is determined to create more innovations for people just like her.
With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan’s mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates-and where she never felt limited. When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was “born just right.” And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! Will kids make fun of her? Will her behavior get her kicked out? Will her million thoughts stay locked in her head forever? With the support of teachers and newfound friends, Charity will have to fight to be treated like a real student. When Charity’s parents enroll her in a public junior high school, she faces her greatest fears. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she’s invisible? Charity’s brain works differently from most people’s because of her autism, but she’s still funny, determined, and kind. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands.Ĭharity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can’t speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born.
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Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. Here are 25 middle grade books about disability: Middle-Grade Books About Disability (Physical Disability)
Some of these books are not written by disabled people, but I have marked OwnVoices books if you’d prefer to read such titles.
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Either way, they create essential windows and mirrors. Some of these books are also memoirs or based on true life events. These books either feature children with disabilities or other characters - parents, friends, relatives and others with physical disabilities. That’s what the books on this list can do for kids and adults who read them. Books about disabilities (or any issue) seem to simultaneously create empathy and normalize a different reality. The benefits of middle-grade books about disability is the normalization of these experiences. I guess it’s finally time to see more middle-grade books featuring disability and characters with disabilities - physical disabilities. Even middle-grade books about mental illness seem to be in abundance. I realized I had (personally) never seen a child on wheelchair on a book cover until Jamie Sumner‘s Roll with It.įortunately, books featuring characters with learning disabilities are slowly becoming more commonplace. Middle-grade books about disability, especially physical disabilities are sadly not as common as I’d like.
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