The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The background is yellow and covered in faint drawings of music notes, stars, planets and smiley faces. down the left side, the cartoon of a young girl. She has black hair tied back into a pony tail, red earmuffs, a black backpack covered in colourful planets, stars, and shapes, a blue jacket with red pinstripe sleeves, and black pants with two white stripes. Text from the top of the cover reads:
“Always be proud of who you are” in small black capitals.
The title “Finding My Voice” in white capitals with a black outline.
The author’s name “Aoife Dooley” in smaller black capitals.
The quote “Funny, Fresh and Honest” by Holly Shale written in a spikey black ball. The quote is in white capitals, the quoter’s name is in light blue capitals. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Bullying

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Summary:

How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet?

Frankie is different, and so is her best-friend, Sam. So when they both start secondary school, it’s tough. Particularly when there are so many rules to follow, like: No talking in class! Be quiet in the hallways! Silence for assembly!

Frankie doesn’t know how she’ll manage, because constantly talking is how she copes. So when she gets the chance to compete in a Battle of the Bands contest, Frankie couldn’t be more excited. Except, to have a band, you need to have band members. And to have band members, you need to be good at making friends…

Can Frankie learn to find her voice and stand out?

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Notes:

This graphic novel is the second book in the Frankie’s World series. You can find the first book here.

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Archivist Comments:

I think this book also has a side character with a physical disability, and another side character with dyslexia, but I’m not entirely sure on that so I haven’t tagged it yet.

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