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Author
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 stray 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...
3) Slider
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother.
5) Rules
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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...
7) Team players
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
226 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Moose has his hands full during the summer of 1936 watching his autistic sister, Natalie, and the warden's daughter, Piper, and trying to get on a baseball team by proving he knows Al Capone.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
12) Unseelie
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
423 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it difficult to fit in with the humans around her, unlike her twin sister, until they both get caught up in a heist gone wrong that changes everything." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great. He's the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world--even Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play and can't watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes. Someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons, Janie is having sleepovers with her new friends, and Bat wants everything to go back to normal. He just...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bat grows anxious as his third-grade year comes to an end and the time to release his pet skunk, Thor, out into the wild approaches" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Special Stories Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a new boy joins Matthew's school, he's just not sure if he wants a friend like Simon. But a school trip to the funfair soon helps to change his mind!" Special stories books are designed to introduce all children to the positive aspects of inclusive education. The stories help children to learn the importance of accepting friends and classmates who are "different" to them. -- Adapted from page [4] cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.
Author
Publisher
Boys Town Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Zak has autism, so he sometimes responds to the world around him in unconventional ways. As he describes his point of view, young readers gain a better understanding of his behaviors and learn valuable lessons about patience, tolerance, and understanding.
19) Can you see me?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Tally is starting sixth grade at Kingswood Academy and she really wants to fit in, which means somehow hiding her autism, hypersensitivity to touch, and true self, and trying to act "normal" like her former best friend, Layla, who is distancing herself from Tally and her fourteen-year-old sister, Nell, who is always angry with Tally for being different; but as she records her thoughts and anxieties in her coping diary, Tally begins...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Rain strives to maintain a calm environment for her autistic twin brother Ethan, but her role as his reliable anchor faces uncertainty when Ethan seeks to become more independent and Rain ventures out of her comfort zone and starts dating her school crush, Liam.