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Abeel, Samantha
My Thirteenth Winter : a Memoir
Abeel tells her own story of living with and overcoming dyscalculia, a math-related learning disability. She describes how her life was affected by her learning disability before and after she was diagnosed, and the way her peers, her family, and her teachers treated her. [2005 Winner, Teen]
203 p. 2003
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Clements, Andrew
Things Not Seen
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it. [2004 Winner, Teen]
251 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
 Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Lovelace Award Winners for Division II
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Connor, Leslie
Waiting for Normal
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York. [2009 Winner, Middle School]
290 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers -- Fiction
Schneider Family Book Award
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Friesen, Jonathan
Jerk California
Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life. [2009 Winner, Teen]
327 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Schneider Family Book Award
Minnesota Authors for Teens
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Fusco, Kimberly Newton
Tending to Grace
Lenore is Cornelia's mother's and Cornelia's fix-up project. What does it matter that Cornelia won't talk to anyone and is always stuck in the easiest English class at school, even though she's read more books than anyone else? She feels strong in the fixing...So when Lenore and her boyfriend take off for Vegas leaving Cornelia behind with eccentric Aunt Agatha, all Cornelia can do is wait for her to come back. Aunt Agatha sure doesn't want any fixing. Maybe this time it's Cornelia who could use it? [2006 Winner, Middle School]
167 p. 2004
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Lord, Cynthia
Rules
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic. [2007 Winner, Middle School]
200 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Newbery Honor
Ravenous Readers
Schneider Family Book Award
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Mass, Wendy
A Mango-shaped Space : a Novel
Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the loss of something important to her. [2004 Winner, Middle School]
220 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
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Rapp, Adam
Under the Wolf Under the Dog
Steve is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. It's a place for kids who are addicts, like Shannon Lynch, who can stick $1.87 in change up his nose, or for kids who have tried to commit suicide, like Silent Starla, whom Steve is getting a crush on. But Steve doesn't really fit in either group. He used to go to a gifted school. So why is he being held at Burnstone Grove? Keeping a journal, in which he recalls his confused and violent past, Steve is left to figure out who he is by examining who he was. [2006 Winner, Teen]
310 p. 2004
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Rorby, Ginny
Hurt Go Happy
When thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her world blooms with possibilities but that of the chimp begins to narrow. [2008 Winner, Teen]
267 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Schneider Family Book Award
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Ryan, Pam Munoz
Becoming Naomi Leon
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father. [2005 Winner, Middle School]
246 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
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Sachar, Louis
Small Steps
Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track. [2007 Winner, Teen]
257, 17 p. 2008
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