Can I have some YA recs that have characters with physical disabilities?
Can I have some YA recs that have characters with physical disabilities?
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Can I have some YA recs that have characters with physical disabilities?
A curse so dark and lonely.
Only just started it – but one of the main characters has Cerebral Palsy.
Thanks for the rec! 🙂
Deenie by Judy Blume deals with scoliosis
Oh, I read some Judy Blume before. Haven’t read Deenie though. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!
I have scoliosis and Deenie was a great read for me when I was younger
I was just going to ask this! Following
Wonder!
Making Faces by Amy Harmon
I second this one!! I loved Making Faces soooooo much!
@Kalie Beautiful book. I keep thinking I want to reread but I don’t know if I can!
Oh my gosh same here! I’ll occasionally pick it up and hold it and then put it back down ?
Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom. The main character is blind
@Marian I enjoyed that one a lot but I thought it was kinda strange that she always wore a blindfold. I have a few blind friends, even ones that lost their sight in similar situations as her, but none of them do that.
In Young Elites by Marie Lu, the main character is missing an eye.
This is not a love scene
Main character has MD
Door in the Wall
Out of my mind
Say what you will by Cammie McGovern
@Kira Amy and Matthew by the same author
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! It’s the first book in a fantastic duology
Me before you jojo moyes
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Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw. He has spinal muscular atrophy. It’s absolutely hilarious. Nonfiction.
I watch his youtube channel lol
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John. Features a Deaf female protagonist.
Don’t read Me Before You, it’s super ablist and insulting to a lot of people with disabilities.
Throne of Glass and Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifaces has a character with autism.
@Brittany definitely NOT a disability but great to know there’s some representation out there. Though it’s probably a male character but you can’t have it all
@Rocio it’s out of the typical character and differently-abled. It highlights his strengths once the character introduction is over.
I know what you mean, but being a fellow Aspie it didn’t really sit well with me. That’s just my personal opinion though. I’m trying to read more books with characters who have autism
How We Roll by Natasha Friend
Mask by John Minahan
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult. The story focuses on a girl with brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis imperfecta).
Midnight Sun by Trish Cook. The main character is allergic to the sun.
Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson, female main char is a paraplegic. Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield, Jimmy is blinded by a firework. (Kind of a younger read, but I enjoied it.)
You’ll probably get this a lot but six of crows is good for physical and mental disabilities.
A curse so dark and lonely
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