Autism Awareness Month: Books for Teens

Updated April 2, 2024
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Same but different : teen life on the autism express
Peete, Holly Robinson
Paper Book
Talk show host Holly Robinson Peete pairs with her twins in this narrative about the challenges and triumphs of being a teen who has autism and the effects on family, school, friends, and life.Being a teen is hard enough. But when you have autism--or when your sibling is struggling with the...
Autism and adolescence--the way I see it : what teens and adults need to know
Grandin, Temple
Paper Book
Dr. Temple Grandin draws on her hard-won experience to deliver an essential guidebook for guiding and nurturing autistic youth. She gets to the real issues of autistic adolescents--the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Topics in Autism and...
The spirit bares its teeth
White, Andrew Joseph
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature! A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare. New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White...
Hannah Sharpe cartoon detective
Tashjian, Janet
Paper Book
A Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee * From the creators of the bestselling My Life series comes a fresh and funny story about Hannah Sharpe--an observant young sleuth on the autism spectrum who likes to solve mysteries by drawing cartoons of her cowboy alter ego, Dusty Pickle--in this colorfully...
Daniel, deconstructed
Ramos, James.
Paper Book
A nerdy high schooler learns to embrace his main-character energy in this witty and heart-healing ode to movie tropes, meet-cutes, and LGBTQ+ love. Photographer and film buff Daniel Sanchez learned a long time ago that the only way to get by in an allistic world is to mask...
The awesome autistic go-to guide : a practical handbook for autistic teens and tweens
Purkis, Yenn
Paper Book
This book explores what it feels like to be a young person on the autism spectrum and looks at all the brilliant things people on the autism spectrum can do. This book celebrates the strengths of understanding the world in a different way. It looks at all the reasons being you and...
Crashing into you
Callen, Rocky
Paper Book
In this fiercely moving YA romance novel, Leti Rivera's love of street racing is put to the test when tragedy strikes her family and threatens to tear her apart from the boy she's falling for. Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera dreams of becoming a famous female street racer. Her...
Unseelie
Housman, Ivelisse
Paper Book
The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls "reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own." "A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment." --Andrew...
Some like it cold
McNicoll, Elle
Paper Book
A big-hearted small-town romance from bestselling, award-winning author Elle McNicoll, Some Like it Cold is perfect for fans of Alice Oseman, Rainbow Rowell and Gilmore Girls. After a long absence, 18-year-old Jasper is finally heading home for the holidays - and she's...
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...

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