Teen Reads: Celebrate Disability Pride Month!

July is Disability Pride Month - Check out these fiction and nonfiction titles for teen readers that center the stories of people with disabilities.

Updated July 1, 2026
Rochester Public Library RPL Youth Librarians
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Teen Reads: Celebrate Disability Pride Month!

July is Disability Pride Month - Check out these fiction and nonfiction titles for teen readers that center the stories of people with disabilities.

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A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
Henley, Ariel
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens "Raw and unflinching . . . A must-read!" --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends "[It] cuts to the heart of our bogus ideas of beauty." -Scott Westerfeld,...
On the bright side
Sortino, Anna
Paper Book
A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a Sign. "Poignant, romantic, and deeply heartfelt." -Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be Ellie's Deaf boarding...
Chronically Dolores
Van Wagenen, Maya
Paper Book
Winner of The Schneider Family Book Award, for excellence in portraying the disability experience! Maya Van Wagenen, bestselling author of Popular, tells Dolores's story with humor, heartache, and an occasional bit of telenovela flair. "A striking...
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