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• A Kind of Spark

  McNicoll, Elle,

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  When she discovers that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different, a neurodivergent girl who sees and hears things others cannot refuses to let them be forgotten.

• Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen

  McGovern, Kate,

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  Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can’t read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder—especially the adventures of a daring sleuth who’s half Indian and half Jewish like Maple…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rain Reign

  Martin, Ann M., 1955-

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  Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet.

• Simon Sort of Says

  Bow, Erin,

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  Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Focused

  Gerber, Alyson,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family

  Kapit, Sarah,

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  Two sisters start a detective agency and solve a series of everyday mysteries about themselves and their family.

• Lupe Wong Won't Dance

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  Lupe Wong needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite baseball pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, but her plan goes awry when she has to learn square dancing in gym class.

• Each Tiny Spark

  Cartaya, Pablo,

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  Emilia Torres has a wandering mind. It's hard for her to follow along at school, and sometimes she forgets to do what her mom or abuela asks. But she remembers what matters: a time when her family was whole and home made sense. When Dad returns from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

  Pla, Sally J.,

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  Follows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad.

• See You in the Cosmos

  Cheng, Jack, 1983-

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  Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space.

• Forget Me Not

  Terry, Ellie,

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  When her mother breaks up with yet another boyfriend, Calliope meets Jinsong at her latest middle school, who becomes her friend despite her Tourette syndrome and the embarrassment it can cause.

• A Mango-shaped Space

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  Mass, Wendy, 1967-

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  Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound. When Mia finally confides in her parents, they take her to a series of doctors, and she is properly diagnosed. Once the teen learns that she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fifty-four Things Wrong With Gwendolyn Rogers

  Carter, Caela,

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  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.

• Good Different

  Kuyatt, Meg Eden,

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  Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different—and why that is ok.