![]() ![]() After that, everyone treated her differently. She keeps her HIV a secret because when she told a trusted friend at a previous school about it, her friend betrayed her trust and told the rest of the school. Also check out Mann’s historical novel The Degenerates, about a group of disabled girls institutionalized in the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in early 20th century America. The two had a falling out only a week before the surgery. While she recovers from her surgery at home with her mostly absent and distant mother, she daydreams about what went wrong with her best friend Lidia, who has a missing hand. This excruciating surgery followed by an equally painful recovery leads Eve to become addicted to her pain medication. Eve has just undergone spine surgery realignment for her scoliosis. This searing but gorgeous read entwines poetry and prose in its descriptions of a friendship gone awry. Also check out Kati Gardner’s debut, Brave Enough, which centers a ballerina with a knee injury and a cancer survivor trying to break the cycle of addiction. This is an emotionally gripping novel about finding a balance between disability and identity. When Mari changes schools to the same school Jase attends, she threatens to disrupt his carefully crafted image. At Camp Chemo, Mari forms a crush on Jase. Both attend Camp Chemo, where they can be themselves without the ableism and pity of their classmates. However, Mari has a very different existence and experiences ableism and bullying regularly. Because his cancer left no visible trace, Jase hasn’t told any of his friends in high school, and he plans to pretend it never happened. Finding Balance by Kati GardnerĬhildhood bone cancer left Mari Manos with one leg, while Jase Ellison’s bout of acute lymphocytic leukemia left no visual signs. The empowering tales show that disabled characters belong in every genre and every story. “The Long Road” by Heidi Heilig takes place in the past and depicts a Chinese family on a journey to Persia to find a cure for their daughter, who has bipolar disorder. The contemporary romance “Britt and the Bike God” by Kody Keplinger has a girl with retinitis pigmentosa joining a school bicycling club. “Per Aspera Ad Astra” by Katherine Locke is a futuristic tale about a gifted coder with anxiety trying to save her city from a disastrous war. These 13 stories by disabled writers and featuring disabled main characters span multiple genres and periods. Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens, edited by Marieke Nijkamp ![]()
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