Our thanks to those of you able to join us for yesterdays book club meeting. School libraries are safe, inclusive spaces that support their communities needs. All readers deserve to see themselves in the books they read. We discussed which books contain interesting characters who are also are disabled and or neurodivergent. We also shared some great non fiction resources and here is the link we discussed for the YA Disability Database
As always, so many of you had so many wonderful contributions to share with us, and it is very appreciated.
This was our second book club meeting for 2022, and we look forward to chatting with you again at our next Online Book Club discussion on Wenesday May 18th to discuss the topic: Humour. We all love a good laugh, but we don’t all share the same views about what is funny in fiction. What books work best with your readers?
Disclaimer: The lists generated as a result of Book Club discussions are not, by any means, an exhaustive list of all titles or authors for each genre/category discussed. Nor will all titles be suitable for all libraries. We advise staff discretion when referencing these lists, to properly confirm individual title suitability for individual libraries, school and students needs. These are suggested titles only, shared by our members and inclusion on, or exclusion from, a list does not suggest SLAV endorsement or rejection of a title.
Titles Discussed
The Conversation Train by Joel Shaul
Just Like Me: 40 neurologically and physically diverse people who broke stereotypes by Various.
I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present by Cerrie Burnell and Lauren Mark Baldo.
All Dogs Have ADHD by Kathy Hoopman
All Cats Have Asperger’s by Kathy Hoopman
Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens by Marieke Nijkamp
Petra Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
The Things I Didn’t Say by Kylie Fornasier
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze by Clayton Zane Comber
The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide by Siena Castellon
The Right Way to Rock by Nat Amoore
Dylan Alcott Biography- Able
Stars In Their Eyes by Jessica Walton
Future Girl by Asphyxia
Whisper by Chrissy Perry
El Deafo by Cece Bell
A Boy Called Bat by Elan Arnold, Charles Santoso
Wonder by R.J Palacio
Wink by Rob Harrell
Ugly by Robert Hoge
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
The Space We’re In by Katya Balen
Be the Difference: 40+ Ideas for kids to create positive change using empathy, kindness, equality and environmental awareness by Jayneed Sanders, Cherie Zamazing
A Different Sort of Normal by Abigail Balfe
NOTE: International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is held on 3 December each year so is a great chance to advertise at the end of the year. Neurodiversity Pride Day is June 18
What We Are Reading – Adult
A Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Tara Reid Jenkins
Devotion by Hannah Kent
After Darkness by Christine Piper
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Solitary Walk on the Moon by Hilde Hilton
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Neon Pilgrim by Lisa Dempster
The Expanse Series by James SA Corey
Books That Made Us by Carl Reincke
Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
Hell’s only half full by Kerry Clarke
True Blood series by Charlane Harris