Tag: Sports

• ‘Bruised’- Boteju, Tanya

  To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. So when chance and circumstances bring…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2024

  Age, Author, B, Bisexual, Book Type, Contemporary, Deaf, Disability, Fiction, Genre, Hearing Disability, Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Novels, Queer, Romance, Trauma, Young Adult

  Bisexual, Bisexual MC, Canada, Contemporary, Deaf, F/F, F/NB, Fiction, Hearing Disability, Lesbian, Lesbian SC, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Non-Binary, Non-Binary SC, Novel, Queer, Queer SC, Roller Derby, Romance, Sports, Sri-Lankan-Canadian MC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Trauma, Young Adult

• ‘In the Ring’- Isley, Sierra

  Rose Berman is losing her mind. At least, that’s what everyone at school seems to think. Plagued by panic attacks that started after her mother’s suicide, Rose is the target of frequent teasing and rumors. The only people who understand her are her quirky therapist and her ex-girlfriend, now bestie, Gemma. But when the star…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Dec 2023

  Age, Anxiety, Author, Bisexual, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Genre, I, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, Romance, Young Adult

  Anxiety, Bisexual, Bisexual MC, Boxing, Contemporary, F/M, Fiction, Jewish Characters, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Novel, Romance, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA, Young Adult

• ‘Icebreaker’- Graziadei, A. L.

  A. L. Graziadei’s Icebreaker is a YA debut about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the romance that catches them by surprise along the way. Seventeen-year-old Mickey James III is a college freshman, a brother to five sisters, and a hockey legacy. With a father and a grandfather who have gone down in…

  The Disability Archives

  20th Dec 2023

  Age, Anxiety, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Depression, Disability, Fiction, G, Gay, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, MLM, Neurodivergent, New Adult, Novels, Romance, Young Adult

  Anxiety, Bisexual, Bisexual MC, Black MC, Depression, Fiction, Gay, Gay MC, Hockey, Italian-American MC, LGBTQ+, M/M, Mental Health, MLM, MLM MC, Neurodivergence, New Adult, Novel, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA, Young Adult

• ‘Jubilee’- Johnston, KT

  A Junior Library Guild exclusive selection! Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she’d never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs?…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, J, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, O, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Polio, Therapy Animal

  Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Denmark, Disability History, Dressage, History, Horses, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, Olympics, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Polio, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Therapy Animal

• ‘Café Con Lychee’- Lee, Emery

  Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count. Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced…

  The Disability Archives

  15th Oct 2023

  ADHD, Age, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Gay, Genre, L, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent, Novels, Romance, Young Adult

  ADHD, Asian MC, Baking, Canada, Contemporary, Fiction, Food, Gay, Japanese MC, Latin MC, LGBTQ+, M/M, Neurodivergence, Novel, Peurto Rican MC, POC MC, Romance, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Young Adult