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Brave Enough

Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never really had a choice of whether she learned to dance or not. But that's about to change. Cason has been hiding an injury, and it's much worse than anyone imagines.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Tue, 2022-07-26 12:12

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Brave Enough
Brave Enough

Kati Gardner
(Young Adult Fiction - Y)

Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never really had a choice of whether she learned to dance or not. But that's about to change. Cason has been hiding an injury, and it's much worse than anyone imagines.

 

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Shino Can't Say Her Name

High school can be a stressful time for many young people, unfortunately, things go wrong on Shino's first day, she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this new world.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Wed, 2022-07-13 14:42

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Shino Can't Say Her Name
Shino Can't Say Her Name

Shūzō Oshimi
(Manga -)

High school can be a stressful time for many young people, unfortunately, things go wrong on Shino's first day, she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this new world.
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Komi Can't Communicate

Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi would love to make friends, but her shyness is interpreted as reserve, and the other students keep her at a distance.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:52

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Komi Can't Communicate
Komi Can't Communicate

Tomohito Oda
(Manga- MANGA Komican v. 1 Oda)

Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi would love to make friends, but her shyness is interpreted as reserve, and the other students keep her at a distance.
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The Oracle Code

After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham's teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:50

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The Oracle Code
The Oracle Code

Marieke Nijkamp
(Graphic Novels - GN Nijkamp Oracle Code)

After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham's teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss.
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El Deafo

Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school. This is power, maybe even superpower. Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, listener for all.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:49

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El Deafo
El Deafo

Cece Bell
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN 741.5092 Bell Bel)

Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school. This is power, maybe even superpower. Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, listener for all.
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Wonderstruck

Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:47

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Wonderstruck
Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Selznic)

Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life.

 

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The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

An autistic nonbinary teen moves to a new town and school with the support of their loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ+ club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:44

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The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

Maya MacGregor
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Macgreg)

An autistic nonbinary teen moves to a new town and school with the support of their loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ+ club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past.

 

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The Reckless Kind

It is 1904 and the partially deaf Asta Hedstrom is engaged to Nils, but she does not want to marry him: she would rather spend her time with her best friend Gunnar Fuglestad and his secret boyfriend, Erlend.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:43

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The Reckless Kind
The Reckless Kind

Carly Heath
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Heath)

It is 1904 and the partially deaf Asta Hedstrom is engaged to Nils, but she does not want to marry him: she would rather spend her time with her best friend Gunnar Fuglestad and his secret boyfriend, Erlend.

 

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Sick Kids in Love

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-it's safer-it's better-for the other person. She's got rheumatoid arthritis. But then she meets another sick kid. He understands what it means to be sick.

   
Submitted by Fern S. on Fri, 2022-07-01 12:41

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Sick Kids in Love
Sick Kids in Love

Hannah Moskowitz
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Moskowi)

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-it's safer-it's better-for the other person. She's got rheumatoid arthritis. But then she meets another sick kid. He understands what it means to be sick.

 

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