Category: Chronic Illness
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‘How to Live Free in a Dangerous World’- Lawson, Shayla
“Phenomenal…. A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose…. This is a book to read, read again, and remember.”—Imani Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner South to America Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with…
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‘Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens’- Nijkamp, Marieke
This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today’s teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future. The contributing authors are…
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Age, Agoraphobia, Anthology, Anxiety, Author, Autism, Bipolar, Bipolar II, Blind, Book Type, Cane User, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Contemporary, Depression, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fantasy, Fiction, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Genetic Disorder, Genre, Hallucinations, Historical, Horror, IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Idiopathic Pain, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mobility Aid User, N, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Physical Disability, Queer, Realistic, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Romance, Schizophrenia, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Transgender, Visual Disability, Wheelchair User, Young AdultAgoraphobia, Anthology, Anxiety, Asian MC, Autism, Bipolar, Bipolar II, Biracial MC, Black MC, Blind, Cane User, Cerebral Palsy, Chinese MC, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Contemporary, Cuban LI, Depression, F/F, F/M, Fantasy, Fiction, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Genetic Disorder, Hallucinations, Historical, Horror, IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Idiopathic Pain, Latin MC, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mexican MC, Mobility Aids, Multi-Genre, Multi-Setting, Multiple Contributors, Multiple Disability, Multiple POV, Muslim Characters, Native-American MC, Neurodivergence, Non-Binary, Non-Binary MC, Persia, Physical Disability, POC, POC MC, Queer, Queer Mc, Realistic, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Romance, Schizophrenia, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Anthology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Transgender, Transgender LI, USA, Visual Disability, Wheelchair User, Young Adult -
‘This is the Way the World Ends’- Wilde, Jen
You are cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private school’s epic masquerade ball As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit in—in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is…
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Age, Author, Autism, Bisexual, Book Type, Cane User, Chronic Illness, Contemporary, Disability, Disability Aid User, Dyscalculia, Fiction, Genre, hEDS | Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Mobility Aid User, Multiple Sclerosis, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Novels, Physical Disability, Thriller, W, Young AdultApocalyptic, Autism, Bisexual, Cane User, Chronic Illness, Contemporary, Dyscalculia, Fiction, hEDS | Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Indian-American SC, Lesbian, Lesbian MC, LGBTQ+, Multiple Sclerosis, Murder, Mystery, Neurodivergence, Novel, Physical Disability, POC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Thriller, USA, Young Adult -
‘Sweetblood’- Hautman, Pete
After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the “proto-vampires” she has met online and in person, and most of all with her uncontrolled diabetes.
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‘Stronger Still’- Bryn, D. N.
Rubem has become the voice of the auroras—of their rage, at least. Between his threats and Tavish’s diplomacy, most of the world is finally listening. But pockets of denial linger, including the Findlays’ old trading partner, the self-governing city of Venalt. While Venalt was once a thriving metropolis of watery channels and garden balconies, now…
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Addiction, Adult, Age, Anxiety, Author, Autism, B, Bisexual, Blind, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Depression, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay, Genderqueer, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mobility Aid User, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Novels, Romance, Terminal Illness, Transgender, Visual Disability, Wheelchair UserAddiction, Adult, Anxiety, Autism, Biracial MC, Bisexual, Bisexual LI, Black MC, Blind, Chronic Illness, Depression, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Gay, Gay MC, Genderqueer, Genderqueer MC, LGBTQ+, M/M, Magic, Mental Health, Mobility Aids, Neurodivergence, No Man’s Lander, Non-Binary, Non-Binary SC, Novel, Physical Disability, POC, POC MC, Series, Submitted Book, These Treacherous Tides, Transgender, Transgender LI, Visual Disability, Wheelchair User -
‘Stars in Their Eyes’- Walton, Jessica. Aśka.
In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of falling in love for the first time. Maisie is on her way to Fancon! She’s looking forward to meeting her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like Maisie. But…
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‘Something to Talk About’- Wilsner, Meryl
A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance. Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn’t come at a worse…
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‘The Second Mango’- Glassman, Shira
Queen Shulamit never expected to inherit the throne of the tropical land of Perach so young. At twenty, grief-stricken and fatherless, she’s also coping with being the only lesbian she knows after her sweetheart ran off for an unknown reason. Not to mention, she’s the victim of severe digestive problems that everybody thinks she’s faking.…
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‘Rise to the Sun’- Johnson, Leah
Three days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival. Olivia is an expert at falling in love . . . and at being dumped. But after the fallout from her last breakup has left her an outcast at school and at home, she’s determined to turn over a new leaf. A crush-free weekend at Farmland Music…
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‘Rebuilding Tomorrow’- Dolichva, Tsana
What if the apocalypse isn’t the end of the world? An anthology of apocalypse fiction featuring disabled and chronically ill protagonists, proving it’s not always the “fittest” who survive, it’s the most tenacious, stubborn, enduring and innovative characters who have the best chance of adapting when everything is lost. In this follow-up to Defying Doomsday,…
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