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The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
Books @ Noon August 2020 Picks
The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
5) Jan pari!
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
Description
Join Andre and Noyemi on their adventure.
6) Janine
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Janine (Maryann Cocca-Leffler) volume 1
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English
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"Janine is one of a kind. She focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She makes a difference just by being herself"--
8) Water bound
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English
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Return to Sea Haven in the first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Sisters of the Heart series, as a diver and the man she rescues are engulfed in a storm of dangerous desire.
On the shores of Sea Haven, six women touched by great loss have come together in a sisterhood strengthened by the elements—a bond each will need as new love and danger enter their lives...
The...
On the shores of Sea Haven, six women touched by great loss have come together in a sisterhood strengthened by the elements—a bond each will need as new love and danger enter their lives...
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Publisher Annotation: A must-read that belongs in every home and classroom,A Day With No Words invites readers into the life of an Autism Family who communicates just as thechild does, without spoken language. This colorful and engaging picture book for young readers shares what life can look like for families who use nonverbal communication, utilizing tools to embrace their unique method of "speaking."
11) Moonwalking
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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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.
12) Gods without men
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English
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In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men.
—Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830
Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate...
—Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830
Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate...
13) Kids like us
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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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"--
14) Thomas and Bruno
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
When Diesel's speediness gets him into trouble, Thomas and Bruno (the first brake car with autism in the Thomas & Friends series) keep Diesel on track! Train-loving boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this adorable picturebook based on the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! animated series on Netflix and Cartoonito!
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English
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Since her mother died, twelve-year-old Lily has struggled to care for her severely autistic half-brother, Adam, in their Miami home, but she is frustrated and angry because her oncologist step-father, Don, expects her to devote her time to Adam, and is unwilling to admit that Adam needs professional help--but when Adam bonds with a young dolphin with cancer Lily is confronted with another dilemma: her family or the dolphin's freedom.
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Laila's birthday party, perfectly planned with her autism in mind, goes awry due to a change in weather and an accident with her cake, but with the help of her mom and her service dog, Laila knows she can handle this"--
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
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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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.
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