A Bird Will Soar
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it–and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draws his father back home.
Autism Acceptance Month
April is Autism Acceptance Month! Recently, autism advocacy groups have been working to highlight acceptance over awareness. This post from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network explains it beautifully:
“Acceptance and awareness come from vastly different mindsets. Awareness seeks to highlight…the differences and distance between our ways of being. Acceptance looks at commonalities we share and at the strength inherent in diversity.”
Reading books by authors and with characters with autism–especially books that recognize and amplify the perspectives of that community–are vital to empowering, supporting, and including people on the autism spectrum. Check out the list below for some of our recommendations.
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Ellen Outside the Lines
Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Libby.
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
Follows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Libby, and as an eBook and eAudio on Hoopla.
Henry and the Something New
Henry, a young boy with autism goes on a class field trip to the natural history museum, with instructions to find something new.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla.
A Kind of Spark
When she discovers that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different, a neurodivergent girl who sees and hears things others cannot refuses to let them be forgotten.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Libby.
Simon Sort of Says
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O’Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and as an eBook on Hoopla.
The Unforgettable Logan Foster
Logan, an undersized twelve-year-old orphan with a photographic memory and no filter, discovers that his foster parents are superheroes in grave danger and only Logan’s highly logical mind can save them.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, and as an eBook and eAudio on Hoopla.
The View from the Very Best House in Town
Autistic middle-schoolers and best friends Sam and Asha confront a secret from their past, the echoes of which can be felt inside Donnybrooke, the strangest and most beautiful house in town.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook and eAudio on Libby.