By Rob Harrell Overview A hilarious and heart wrenching story about surviving middle school–and an unthinkable diagnosis–while embracing life’s weirdness. Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn’t want to lose…
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
By Sonia Sotomayor A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! Overview Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and…
The Degenerates
By J. Albert Mann Overview In the tradition of Girl, Interrupted, this fiery historical novel follows four young women in the early 20th century whose lives intersect when they are locked up by a world that…
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
By Rebekah Taussig Overview Born in Manhattan, Kansas, in the mid-1980s, Rebekah Taussig was 14 months old when she was diagnosed with a malignant cancer that attacked her spine. Two years of intense treatment left…
