Wonder by R. J. Palacio
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
Rogue by Lyn Miller-Lachman
Kiara has Asperger’s syndrome, and it’s
hard for her to make friends. So whenever her world doesn’t make
sense—which is often—she relies on Mr. Internet for answers. But there
are some questions he can’t answer, like why she always gets into
trouble, and how do kids with Asperger’s syndrome make friends?
Kiara has a difficult time with other kids. They taunt her and she
fights back. Now she’s been kicked out of school. She wishes she could
be like her hero Rogue—a misunderstood X-Men mutant who used to hurt
anyone she touched until she learned how to control her special power.
When Chad moves in across the street, Kiara hopes that, for once,
she’ll be able to make friendship stick. When she learns his secret,
she’s so determined to keep Chad as a friend that she agrees not to
tell. But being a true friend is more complicated than Mr. Internet
could ever explain, and it might be just the thing that leads Kiara to
find her own special power.
In Rogue, author Lyn Miller-Lachmann celebrates everyone’s
ability to discover and use whatever it is that makes them different.
This is the first book about a child with Asperger's written by someone
with the syndrome. Lyn is a local author and loved by all at the Book
House and Market Block Books.
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachman
This international bestseller and debut novel by a teenage author and
classical musician is part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part
clockwork adventure. A changeling suddenly finds himself at the center
of a web of intrigue and danger when he is stalked by a sinister faery.
The sequel, The Whatnot is now available in hardcover.
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Well by Chris Colfer
The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner.
Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave
their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder
and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters
they grew up reading about.
Book 2 The Enchantress Returns is now available in hardcover.
Timmy Failure: Mistakes were Made by Stephan Pastis
With perfectly paced visual humor, Stephan Pastis gets you snorting with
laughter, then slyly carries the joke a beat further — or sweetens it
with an unexpected poignant moment — making this a comics-inspired story
(the first in a new series) that truly stands apart from the pack.
