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1) House rules
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English
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With Asperger's syndrome, teenager Jacob Hunt is unable to have the same kind of social life other boys his age have. However, like other kids with AS, he has homed in on one particular interest: forensic analysis. He normally shows up to crime scenes and helps solve the case, but this time he is the prime suspect. When a murder leads police to question Jacob, they interpret his AS symptoms as a sign of guilt and cast a very public spotlight on Jacob...
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Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
GPLD Best Sci-Fi for Teens
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"Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him--the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world's population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can't get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately...
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Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"In this darkly funny and emotive debut, Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben and his wife Emma are struggling to cope. When Ben and Emma fake a separation, strategic, yet ill-advised, decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal to determine the future of his education, father and son are forced to move in with Georg, Ben's elderly and cantankerous father. In a...
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"When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, it's troubling enough for Bruno's beloved village. But when this is followed by the return of Sami, a local autistic youth thought lost to Islamic extremism, provincial St. Denis suddenly becomes a front line in the global war on terror"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart The knights of the round table are alive in Vancouver, but when one winds up dead, it's clear the familiar stories have taken a left turn. Hildie, a Valkyrie and the investigator assigned to the case, wants to find the killer -- and maybe figure her life out while she's at it. On her short list of suspects is Wayne, an autistic college student and the reincarnation...
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Torrey House Press ; distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"[Marshall, an eleven-year-old autistic boy,] lives in a remote juvenile center in Colorado, where he is bullied by the other boys, misunderstood by all of the other staff except Leslie, and so overwhelmed by the sounds and smells in the cafeteria that getting his lunch is a daily terror. During a blizzard, an unexpected mishap for Marshall and Leslie leads to Marshall's disappearance into the wilderness. His father, Jace, knows that Marshall has...
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Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa as a haven for his followers, but to keep the devil at bay, the church sends a child sacrifice to hell's entrance every season--often poor or plain girls just like Alesta. With a head full of ideas for inventions, Alesta knows her best shot at making it to adulthood is...
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Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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#ActuallyAutistic Creators for Autism Acceptance Month
Autism Acceptance Month
Disability Pride (kids and teens)
OLPL: Fandom Life
Autism Acceptance Month
Disability Pride (kids and teens)
OLPL: Fandom Life
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Three friends go to a convention and find love--and themselves.
Australian friends Charlie, Taylor and Jamie are in San Diego for their first ever "SupaCon." Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger/actress promoting her first movie, and this is her chance to show fans she's over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie's long-time crush on...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers are foundering yet again and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate. When he sees seventeen-year old Mickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel, he knows he has found the next pitching phenom. But not everyone is so hopeful. Mickey's autism-a disorder still not truly understood even today-has alienated the boy from the world, and he is berated by other players and fans. Mickey faces immense trials...
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Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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From the day that Morgan-Lee is born, her extraordinarily beautiful and withdrawn older brother, Ginx, is obsessed by her. Inhabiting their own parallel world, the two communicate through a secret language and make-believe stories; when Morgan-Lee begins to explore friendships beyond their closed circle, however, Ginx becomes increasingly disturbed. In luminous prose, Martha Witt explores the intense and private world inhabited by these siblings and...
11) W naszym domu
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Polish
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A teenager with Asperger's syndrome--smart, quirky, with a passion for crime scene analysis--winds up on trial for murder.
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Publisher
Scripturo
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The discovery of two teenagers ritualistically murdered in a secluded Austin park outrages a nation already on the brink of tearing itself apart. The victims are the latest in an epidemic of deaths linked to a mysterious, underground virtual game known only as Play Dead. The forensic evidence soon points to Jamie Hamilton, a brilliant yet naive young man on the autism spectrum. But Angie Channing, a world-renown true crime writer, isn't so sure....
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Cosmic Contagion signing! Meet Jackson Wolfe! The day has finally come! Everything in Ellie's life might have needed rearranging just to attend the Cosmic Contagion book signing, but it was worth it to meet her favorite author of all time! Until she enters the store the signing is at, only to find out tickets are needed and she doesn't have one! Before she suffers death (and maybe rebirth as a zombie) by humiliation, Ellie literally runs into Zack,...
15) Tahoe silence
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Series
Owen McKenna mystery thriller volume 5
Publisher
Thriller Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Detective Owen McKenna and his Great Dane Spot race against time to find the kidnappers of Sal Anne "Silence" Ramirez, a seventeen-year-old mute autistic girl believed to have been abducted by a notorious biker gang and its charismatic leader who receives commands from Aztec gods.
16) Reinas geek
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Publisher
Fandom Books (Grupo Anaya)
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Tres amigos. Dos historias de amor. Una convensión de fans--Cover
Australian friends Charlie, Taylor and Jamie are in San Diego for their first ever "SupaCon." Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger/actress promoting her first movie, and this is her chance to show fans she's over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie's long-time crush...
17) Connect: a novel
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Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"In a world run by computers, hackers have power--and awkward, homeschooled Colt is among the best. But when Colt secretly submits his mother Naomi's breakthrough research to a biotech conference, and it is immediately shut down, mother and son are forced to go on the run. Now Colt is coding for his life. As the military, and Colt's father, hunt them through a Las Vegas of self-driving cars and surveillance drones, Naomi has to decide how far she...
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