Neurodiversity Booklist

Recommended reads for children and teens

Updated May 8, 2024
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Aaron Slater, illustrator
Beaty, Andrea
CD
The dancing letters
Fournier, Evelyne
Paper Book
An endearing family story about love and dyslexia Olivia is a little girl full of life and imagination. But when her grandmother asks her to write a story for her birthday, Olivia feels a little unsure. Because when it comes to writing, things never go as she intended. Words thumb their...
Canadian author.
A day with no words
Hammond, Tiffany
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times bestselling picture book and Dolly Gray Award winner! A Day With No Words invites readers into the life of an Autism Family who communicates just as the child does, without spoken language. The American Library Association Booklist...
I am a masterpiece! : an empowering story about inclusivity and growing up with Down Syndrome
Armstrong, Mia
Paper Book
Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book. Don't miss Mia in A Christmas in New Hope, streaming now! Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the beach, the...
The unstoppable Jamie
Givens, Joy
Paper Book
Inspired by the author's son, the story of a boy with Down syndrome who goes on a superhero's journey to New York City and learns what truly makes him unstoppable. Jamie likes to pretend he's a superhero. With his cape and gadgets, he feels like he can face anything. When his...
Good different
Kuyatt, Meg Eden
Stand-alone player
Also available as an eBook.
Lost inside my head
Vigg
Paper Book
Key Selling Points An imaginative take on what it's like to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)--like having a huge house in your head with all sorts of different rooms that change their location or distract you with their flashing lights--and the isolation it can...
Honestly Elliott
McDunn, Gillian
Paper Book
Buzzing
Sattin, Samuel
Paper Book
ALA 2025 Rainbow Book List Pick * 2024 Eisner-Nominated for Best Publication for Kids * A 2024 ALA Notable Children's Book * New York Public Library Best Book of 2023  ★ "Heartwarming [and] authentic" --Shelf Awareness,...
Also available as an eBook.
At the speed of Gus
Scrimger, Richard
Paper Book
A smartly funny and sympathetic story about being different and understanding that there is more than one way to see the world. This new novel from middle grade master Richard Scrimger will reach so many kids who need to see that their brains are a gift. Augustus (Gus) Constantine's brain...

Also available as an eBook.

Canadian author.

Just roll with it
Durfey-Lavoie, Lee
Paper Book
Something more
Khalilieh, Jackie
Paper Book
Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical...

Also available as an eBook.

Canadian author.

This is the way the world ends : a novel
Wilde, Jen
Paper Book
Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Hazel Wood are cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private school's epic masquerade ball in Jen Wilde's debut thriller, This Is the Way the World Ends. As an autistic scholarship student at the...
Racing hearts
Di Lorenzo, Melinda
Paper Book
To honor the death of her best friend, teen Sienna signs up to do a triathlon and finds a connection with an unexpected training partner in this body-positive romance exploring first love, grief, perseverance and trusting in yourself. Five months ago, Sienna Shoring lost her best friend,...

Hi-Lo Fiction.

Canadian author.

Dropped!
Kuipers, Alice
Paper Book
Dex is dropped onto a deserted tropical island to be a player in a social media competition. Dex is one of six contestants on Dropped!, an internet reality show. He's glad to escape his real life after being dumped by his girlfriend, Lola, and destroying his social life. He and the other...

Hi-Lo Fiction.

Canadian author.


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