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Publisher
Deskpop Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The documentary follows five kids who stutter, ages nine to eighteen, from all over the United States and all walks of life, who, after experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, meet other children who stutter at an interactive arts-based program, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. Their journey to SAY find some close to suicide, others withdrawn and fearful, exhausted, and defeated from failed fluency...
3) Spit it out
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Jeff's father is intolerant of and rageful towards his son's imperfections, while his mother never discusses her own childhood stutter. As a teenager, Jeff turns to alcohol and drugs to mask his shame, and eventually marries an alcoholic who interacts with the outside world for him. After his wife gets sober, Jeff discovers the stuttering self-help community and embarks on a healing journey of sobriety, self-acceptance and forgiveness.
4) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
Publisher
Real Light
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Michael Turner struggles with one of medical science's most baffling and enduring disabilities: he stutters. On the surface, stuttering is syllable repetitions, prolongations, blocks, and various physical tics. But as he illustrates here, stuttering is like an iceberg, with the major symptoms below the surface.
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"My Beautiful Stutter follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States and all walks of life, who, after experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, meet other children who stutter at an interactive arts-based program, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. Their journey to SAY find some close to suicide, others withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from failed fluency training,...
Publisher
Stuttering Foundation of America
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Swish, a lovable cartoon character, talks to children about their stuttering. In this video kids who have never met anyone else with similar problems meet other kids who tell how they handle problems such as teasing, speaking out in class, and teaching others about stuttering.
10) Golden arm
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and revealing memoir of a lifelong struggle to speak"--
In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden's decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson's life. Overnight, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him great pain. He soon learned...
12) Sadie
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Today, WNRK is launching the first episode of our new serialized podcast, The Girls, created and hosted by West McCray." When popular radio personality West McCray receives a desperate phone call from a stranger imploring him to find nineteen-year-old runaway Sadie Hunter, he's not convinced there's a story there; girls go missing all the time. But as soon as West's boss discovers Sadie fled home after the brutal murder of her little sister, Mattie,...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
School Library Journal - Best Picture Books of 2020
Tricky Topics: Talking About Disability with Children
School Library Journal - Best Picture Books of 2020
Tricky Topics: Talking About Disability with Children
Formats
Description
When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.
14) Wildoak
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--
17) Say it out loud
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Self-conscious of her stutter, Charlotte says nothing as her best friend is bullied, but as the school year goes on she realizes some things are worth speaking up for.
18) Paperboy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On or off the field, Matt and Ben couldn't be more different. Ben Roberson is an all-or-nothing player: he's big, he's bold, and he's brash. Ben's swing can hit a ball right out of the park, but that's if he can get a hit at all. Matt Baker is small, and shy, and his stutter has him avoiding the spotlight, even if he's the best all-rounder on the team. But while Matt knows he's got the chops, a part of him has always envied 'Big Ben' and his attention-grabbing...
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