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When Sophie thinks she can't...

Bang, Molly,


Sophie is discourgaged because she always struggles with math and puzzles--until her teacher shows her the hidden value of "try" and "yet."
Date Published:2018

Get a grip, Vivy Cohen

Kapit, Sarah,


Schneider Family Book Award 2020. Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
Date Published:2020

Go-man : Champion of the Earth /

Steele, Hamish,


Lonely latchkey kid Tobi dreams of growing up to fight the giant monsters that plague his city, just like his dad does, but when he stumbles upon the power to turn into the colossal superhero, Go-Man, he realizes he's been wishing his childhood away. Go-Man: Champion of Earth is an action-packed, highly bingeable middle grade adventure series about how one kid overcomes the differences that set him apart from his classmates in order to make friends and save his city. It's also, at its heart, a story about an autistic kid overcoming neglect in his home. It draws on Hamish's own childhood experiences and obsessions, making this project very close to his heart. This is not just your ordinary superhero story. The superhero element in Go-Man is a metaphor for masking, the camouflaging behavior that many autistic people employ to suppress their true identity in an effort to conform with those around them. As a superhero, Tobi is more popular than ever! But this masking effort drains him of all of his energy, making him retreat into his bedroom for days. Tobi's goal is to become someone who doesn't need his superhero side anymore. He must ultimately learn to love himself as he is, find friends who appreciate him for himself, and finally enjoy being just a kid before it's too late.
Date Published:2025

Lonely latchkey kid Tobi dreams of growing up to fight the giant monsters that plague his city, just like his dad does, but when he stumbles upon the power to turn into the colossal superhero, Go-Man, he realizes he's been wishing his childhood away. Go-Man: Champion of Earth is an action-packed, highly bingeable middle grade adventure series about how one kid overcomes the differences that set him apart from his classmates in order to make friends and save his city. It's also, at its heart, a story about an autistic kid overcoming neglect in his home. It draws on Hamish's own childhood experiences and obsessions, making this project very close to his heart. This is not just your ordinary superhero story. The superhero element in Go-Man is a metaphor for masking, the camouflaging behavior that many autistic people employ to suppress their true identity in an effort to conform with those around them. As a superhero, Tobi is more popular than ever! But this masking effort drains him of all of his energy, making him retreat into his bedroom for days. Tobi's goal is to become someone who doesn't need his superhero side anymore. He must ultimately learn to love himself as he is, find friends who appreciate him for himself, and finally enjoy being just a kid before it's too late.

Date Published:2025

Planet Earth is blue

Panteleakos, Nicole,


Autistic and nearly nonverbal, twelve-year-old Nova is happy in her new foster home and school, but eagerly anticipates the 1986 Challenger launch, for which her sister, Bridget, promised to return.
Date Published:2019

Big Nate : genius mode.

Peirce, Lincoln.


These strips appeared in newspapers from January 11, 2009, through August 9, 2009. Nate Wright is an eleven years old sixth grader who has the distinction of setting the record for school detentions.
Date Published:2013

Gabby Torres is the best winner ever

Dominguez, Angela,


Gabby has a new idea: now that she's finally learned how to not burn her cookies, she will become the best baker the world has ever seen! The local grocery store's baking competition is the perfect opportunity to show everyone what she's made of... winner material! All she needs to do is buy books for research and baking supplies... and more baking supplies... and more baking supplies... oh dear. What will happen when her money, and her parents' patience, runs out? This heartwarming series is written and illustrated by Angela Dominguez, the New York Times bestselling illustrator who created the beloved Stella Díaz series. Gabby Torres is tenacious, bold, relatable, and hilarious, reminiscent of favorite characters like Junie B. Jones, Clementine, and Ramona Quimby.
Date Published:2025

Gabby has a new idea: now that she's finally learned how to not burn her cookies, she will become the best baker the world has ever seen! The local grocery store's baking competition is the perfect opportunity to show everyone what she's made of... winner material! All she needs to do is buy books for research and baking supplies... and more baking supplies... and more baking supplies... oh dear. What will happen when her money, and her parents' patience, runs out? This heartwarming series is written and illustrated by Angela Dominguez, the New York Times bestselling illustrator who created the beloved Stella Díaz series. Gabby Torres is tenacious, bold, relatable, and hilarious, reminiscent of favorite characters like Junie B. Jones, Clementine, and Ramona Quimby.

Date Published:2025

See Marcus grow

Bridgewater, Marcus,


"A grandmother passes down her love and respect for nature to her young grandson while they have fun working together in her garden"--
Date Published:2025

Spicy spicy hot!

Wen, Lenny,


Lintang is determined to embrace the spice of sambal in order to connect with her Indonesian grandmother and heritage.
Date Published:2023

The last last-day-of-summer

Giles, L. R. (Lamar R.),


"Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creature Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town--and each other. The Legendary Alston Boys have always lived in the moment, but if they don't do something fast, they may be living this moment forever."--Page [2] of cover.
Date Published:2019

"Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creature Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town--and each other. The Legendary Alston Boys have always lived in the moment, but if they don't do something fast, they may be living this moment forever."--Page [2] of cover.

Date Published:2019

For Black girls like me

Lockington, Mariama,


"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Inside front flap of Dust Jacket. Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.
Date Published:2019

Planet Middle School

Grimes, Nikki.


A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
Date Published:2011