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April Challenge Read a Book Featuring a Character on the Autism Spectrum
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FCPL is challenging you to read great books about new people, cool places and different experiences.
Read Your World is all about reading diverse books that encourage elementary and teen readers to explore and learn about the world around them. Complete any 5 out of the 6 challenges (or earn 50 points) to earn a prize! The books on this list are suggestions. Feel free to read a book that is not on this list. If you need help picking a title, ask a librarian to recommend a book for you. |
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All My Stripes : a story for children with autism
by Shaina Rudolph
Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more.
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Andy and His Yellow Frisbee
by Mary Thompson
The new girl at school tries to befriend Andy, an autistic boy who spends every recess by himself, spinning a yellow frisbee under the watchful eye of his older sister.
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Can I Play Too?
by Samantha Cotterill
When a disagreement over how they want to play tests the limits of friendship between two young children who are still learning social cues, a kindhearted teacher steps in to help them identify and understand each other’s feelings.
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A Friend For Henry
by Jenn Bailey
Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong--but Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can play with.
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Ian's Walk : a story about autism
by Laurie Lears
Julie is unhappy when her autistic brother wants to come with her because his actions sometimes embarrass her, but when he gets lost, Julie must step into his shoes to find him.
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Looking After Louis
by Lesley Ely
When Louis, a new boy with autism joins their classroom, the students try to understand his world as well as include him in theirs.
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My Rainbow
by Trinity Neal
An exuberant picture book based on the life of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal describes a family trip to the beauty supply store, where Mom gathers materials to make a vibrant wig that is as colorful as her autistic, transgender daughter.
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All Cats Are on the Autism Spectrum
by Kathy Hoopmann
This updated edition of the bestselling All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome provides an engaging, gentle introduction to autism. All-new cats take a playful look at the world of autism, and these fun feline friends will strike a chord with all those who are familiar with typical autistic traits, bringing to life common characteristics such as sensory sensitivities, social issues and communication difficulties. Touching, humorous and insightful, this book evokes all the joys and challenges of being on the autism spectrum, leaving the reader with a sense of the dignity, individuality and the potential of autistic people.
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Anything but Typical
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Dealing with autism, sixth-grader Jason finds comfort in communicating with others on the computer through his collection of short stories, but when he meets the girl of his dreams and their friendship becomes more serious, Jason fears what she will think of him when they make their plans to meet face-to-face.
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A Boy Called Bat
by Elana K Arnold
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.
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Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
by Sarah Kapit
Landing a spot on the baseball team at the same time her major-league hero responds to her fan letter, Vivy Cohen, a girl on the autism spectrum, considers her famous pen-pal’s advice when an accident lands her back on the bench.
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The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
When Salim doesn't come back from his ride on the London Eye, his cousins Ted and Kat turn to the authorities for help, but when they offer no viable suggestions, the two use their sleuthing skills to figure out what actually happened.
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Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse
by Susan Vaught
Alternates between the detective work of middle-schooler Jesse and her new friend, Springer, after her father is accused of stealing, and post-tornado rescue efforts of Jesse and her Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.
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Not If I Can help It
by Carolyn Mackler
Struggling with changes that are made difficult by her Sensory Processing Disorder, young Willa is thrown for a loop when her father reveals that he has been dating her best friend's mom.
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Planet Earth is Blue
by Nicole Panteleakos
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.
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Superstar
by Mandy Davis
Enrolling in public school after years of homeschooling, Lester, a mildly autistic fifth-grader, struggles to adapt and manage symptoms before becoming eager to win a science fair, discovering an unexpected truth along the way.
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Watchdog
by Will McIntosh
Orphaned and homeless, Vick and his twin sister Tara, who is autistic, go up against a crime lord and her four-legged robotic army, with help from their robotic dog, Daisy.
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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Marcelo In The Real World
by Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
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On the Edge of Gone
by Corinne Duyvis
In 2034 Amsterdam, the Netherlands, sixteen-year-old Denise, who is autistic, must seek her missing sister and help her unreliable mother safely aboard a spaceship before a comet hits the Earth.
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The State of Grace
by Rachael Lucas
Grace has Asperger's, a horse, and a best friend who understands her, which is all she needs, but when she kisses Gabe and things start to change at home, suddenly everything threatens to fall apart, and it is up to Grace to fix it on her own
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Team Players
by Mike Lupica
A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates.
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Tune It Out
by Jamie Sumner
Separated from her mother by child services, a girl with a sensory processing disorder struggles to start over at an elite private school, where the support of new friends, a helpful counselor, family members and her evolving relationship with music help her find her voice.
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When My Heart Joins the Thousand
by A. J Steiger
Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy. If she can make it to her eighteenth birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home.
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