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Author
Series
Extraordinaries volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick would rather write fanfiction about the feats of heroism and romantic entaglements he imagines for the very real superheroes who inhabit his city. When he meets Nova City's biggest hero (and his biggest crush), however, he resolves to become a superhero himself.
If being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom was a superpower, Nick Bell would be a hero. Instead he's just a fanboy with ADHD, posting online. After a chance...
2) Lakelore
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Language
English
Description
"In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake--but can they keep their worlds above water intact? Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water. But Bastián Silvano and Lore Garcia are the only ones who've been there. Bastián grew up both above the lake and in the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tilly Twomley white-knuckled her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister's start up requires her to travel around Europe, offering a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. Oliver Clark's autism often makes it hard for him to form relationships, but his love of color theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, who has Asperger's, she's intrigued--Abelard seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he's brilliant and beautiful. When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their...
Author
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
Douglas is the youngest, smallest, and newest student in his second grade class, and he doesn't like reading. He doesn't like sitting still. And he doesn't like Miss Little, especially when she makes him stay after class day after day, forcing him to sound out lines and blobs and squiggles when he d rather be throwing a football.
In a compelling and beautifully illustrated story, the bestselling author of "Old Turtle" tells of the teacher who had...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A chronically frustrated eleven-year-old girl named Gwendolyn Rogers comes to realize she has an undiagnosed mental health issue and tries every way possible to get control of her emotions"--
No one can figure out what Gwendolyn Rogers's problem is--not her mom, or her teachers, or any of the many therapists she's seen. But Gwendolyn knows she doesn't have just one thing wrong with her: she has fifty-four. At least, according to a confidential...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
9) Focused
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her. When her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her, she...
10) Each tiny spark
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Max struggles with his ADHD and making mistakes, so when a mistake leaves one friend in a coma and another shutting him out, Max resolves to find out what really happened that night.
13) Tornado brain
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Frankie, who has various sensory disorders, is determined to find her missing best friend, Colette, before it is too late.
14) New from here
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After going on a quest across Los Angeles together, Quentin, Vic, Nevaeh, and Mara, four very different foster children, realize that they have become a family.
16) Side tracked
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jude Winters is dealing with ADHD while trying to figure out how to tell their old-fashioned grandparents about their nonbinary status--but now they have another problem: Stevie, a previously popular girl at school has been ostracized because she has a crush on another girl, and Jude wants to help her cope as well.
18) Summer people
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Christmas Miller, from the town of Sweet Lake, New York, has just graduated high school and is looking forward to seeing her best friend, regular summer visitor Lexi. Their happy reunion is short-lived however, as they attend a heated town hall meeting on Sweet Lake's invasive algae problem where hostile, narrow-minded attitudes expressed by locals contribute to an uncomfortable misunderstanding between the friends. They go outside to talk things...
Author
Publisher
Kelpies, an imprint of Floris Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
253 pages, 9 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A straight-talking but uplifting story about a boy living with ADHD and the sparks that fly when he moves in with his perfectionist step-sister..."--
Jamie Lee just wants to be normal but his ADHD isn't making it easy. If only he could control his butterfly mind he'd have friends, be able to keep out of trouble and he could live with his mom, not be sent to stay with his dad. Elin Watts just wants to be perfect. If she could be the best student...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn maze. But with a whole day of playing hooky unspooling before them, they make their second mistake. Or perhaps their third? Maybe even their fourth. Because Sadie and Logan have definitely entered this maze before. And again before that. They quickly realize they've not only entered this maze before, they've died in it too. A lot.."--Dust jacket flap.