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1) Rules
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher's carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
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Charlie's simple and predictable life gets complicated when his war-journalist father gets injured in Afghanistan. Now he must live with Gram and take frequent trips to the hospital, and then must travel cross-country when his father moves to Virginia for better treatment. Along the way, Gram tells Charlie that people heal faster when they are happy, and Charlie thinks that if he can spot all the birds he and his father want to spot, then maybe, somehow,...
6) Unseelie
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Iselia “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde...but as an autistic changeling left in the human world by the fae as an infant, she has always known she is different. Seelie's unpredictable magic makes it hard for her to fit in -- and draws her and Isolde into the hunt for a fabled treasure. In a heist gone wrong, the sisters make some unexpected allies and find themselves unraveling a mystery that has its roots in the history of humans...
7) Kids like us
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"A tender, smart, and romantic YA novel about a teenage boy on the autism spectrum who learns he is capable of love"--
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"There's much ado about everything when two adversaries become allies and fake a relationship to fool their meddling friends in this swoony, inclusive reimagining of the Bard's beloved play Much Ado About Nothing. Jamie and Bea have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into dating, Jamie and Bea realize they...
11) Piggy
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Lizzie struggles to overcome the closed, internal world of autism when a new girl moves into her neighborhood, befriends her, then insists that Lizzie join her in seeking revenge on the boys who tease them.
12) My rainbow
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"A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal"--
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Children on the Autism Spectrum: Books for Kids
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Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
ND spicey kids shine!
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Sammy is having a very bad day at school and at home until his autistic brother, Benji, finds a way to make him feel better.
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Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz is a lesbian and autistic, meaning she is different from most other thirteen-year-olds. That's why she has always been thankful for her best, and only, friend, Laurel, who has never made her autism an issue--but now, Ellen fears Laurel is drifting away from her. A class trip to Barcelona seems like the perfect time for Ellen to try to patch her friendship up, but events conspire to force her to find a new way to live,...
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Charlie, a boy with autism, describes what his life is like with his twin sister Callie, who does not have autism, and explains how water--whether in a pool, a tub, or in the aquarium--is like a warm hug, which settles him down and calms his mind, allowing him to focus and cope.
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"Zak knows he's not quite like his siblings and classmates. Bright lights and big crowds send him into freak-out mode. Hugs make him uncomfortable, too. His atypical behaviors, from flapping his arms to spinning his body, seem so out of place. But for Zak, that's just how he copes. Despite some peculiar behaviors, Zak's desires and disappointments are as ordinary as any child's. He loves watches; he hates being excluded. As Zak embraces life the only...
18) Moonwalking
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In 1980s Brooklyn, new student JJ Pankowski, an autistic, punk-rock-lover, befriends Pie Velez, an Afro-Latinx math geek and graffiti artist.
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