WINNER: Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. StorkCall Number: YA F STO-F (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780545054744
Publication Date: 2009-03-01
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.
WINNER: Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony JohnCall Number: YA F JOH-A (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780142419434
Publication Date: 2011-09-29
Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along.
WINNER: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenCall Number: YA F VAN-W (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780375866678
Publication Date: 2011-01-11
When a school bus accident leaves Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
WINNER: Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer; Peter LerangisCall Number: YA F MAZ-H (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781416938958
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Wounded in Iraq and treated for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers is his autistic brother.
WINNER: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Rose under Fire by Elizabeth WeinCall Number: YA F WEI-E (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781423183099
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.
WINNER: Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
Girls Like Us by Gail GilesCall Number: YA F GIL-G Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780763670184
Publication Date: 2014-05-27
We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that people what ain't Speddies think we too stupid to get out our own way. And that makes me mad. Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school's special ed program, but they couldn't be more different: suspicious Quincy faces the world with her fists up, while gentle Biddy is frightened to step outside her front door. When they're thrown together as roommates in their first "real world" apartment, it initially seems to be an uneasy fit. But as Biddy's past resurfaces and Quincy faces a harrowing experience that no one should have to go through alone, the two of them realize that they might have more in common than they thought,and more important, that they might be able to help each other move forward.
WINNER: The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa TotenCall Number: YA F TOT-T (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780553507867
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love.
WINNER: When We Collided by Emery Lord
When We Collided by Emery LordCall Number: YA F LOR-E (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9781619638457
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
Can seventeen-year-old Jonah save his family restaurant from ruin, his mother from her sadness, and his danger-seeking girlfriend Vivi from herself?.
WINNER: You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney GardnerCall Number: YA F GAR-W (Young adult fiction)
ISBN: 9780399551413
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off -- and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.
WINNER: Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Anger Is a Gift by Mark OshiroCall Number: YA F OSH-M (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781250167026
Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
HONOR BOOK: (Don't) Call Me Crazy : 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health by Kelly Jensen, editor
(Don't) Call Me Crazy : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health by Kelly JensenCall Number: YA 616.89 JEN-K (Young adult nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781616207816
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
An anthology of essays and illustrations that illuminate mental health topics in a straightforward way.
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