Tag: Submitted Book

• ‘Black Bird, Blue Road’- Pasternack, Sofiya

  In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack, Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness–even facing the Angel of Death himself. Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Adventure, Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, Leprosy, Middle-Grade, Novels, P, Physical Disability, Terminal Illness

  Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Jewish Characters, Khazaria, Leprosy, Medieval Setting, Middle-Grade, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Terminal Illness, Turkic MC

• ‘Decarcerating Disability’- Liat Ben-Moshe

  Title: Decarcerating Disability Subtitle: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Author: Liat Ben-Moshe Other Contributors: N/A Subject: Decarceration, Abolition, Deinstitutionalization, Racial Desegregation, Politics, Sociology, Pyschology Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Published: 2020 ISBN/DOI/EISBN: 978-1-5179-0443-2 [ID: A book cover. The background is cream, with several green circles on the left side. In the centre, the circles appear to…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Psychology, Sociology

  Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Psychology, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Dancing after TEN’- Chong, Vivian

  In late 2004, Vivian Chong’s life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Blind, Book Type, C, Disability, Genre, Graphic Novels, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction, Scarring, Skin Condition, TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Visual Disability, W

  Blind, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Rare Disease, Scarring, Skin Condition, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

• ‘Crip Up the Kitchen’- Sherred, Jules

  A comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks. Cripping / Crip Up: A term used by disabled disability rights advocates and academia to signal taking back power, to lessen stigma, and to disrupt ableism as to ensure disabled voices are included in all…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Cooking, Disability, Genre, Guidebook, Misc, Misc., Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, S

  Cooking, Guidebook, Non-Fiction, Recipe Book, Spoon Theory, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything’- Winans, Justine Pucella

  Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered. Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Anxiety, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Genre, Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Novels, Thriller, Transgender, W, Young Adult

  Anxiety, Birds, Contemporary, Fiction, Lesbian MC, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Non-Binary, Non-Binary MC, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Thriller, Transgender, USA

• ‘The Bedlam Stacks’- Pulley, Natasha

  In 1859, ex–East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall with an injury that almost cost him his leg. When the India Office recruits him for an expedition to fetch quinine–essential for the treatment of malaria–from deep within Peru, he knows it’s a terrible idea; nearly every able-bodied expeditionary who’s made…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Cane User, Chronic Pain, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, LGBTQ+, Mobility Aid User, Mystery, Novels, P, Physical Disability, Queer

  Adult, Cane User, Chronic Pain, England, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Magic, Magical Realism, Mystery, Novel, Peru, Physical Disability, Queer, Queer-platonic, Series, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

• ‘Beasts of Prey’- Gray, Ayana

  Magic doesn’t exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, she cares for its fearsome and magical creatures to pay off her family’s debts and secure their eventual freedom. But the night her loved ones’ own safety is threatened by the Zoo’s cruel…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, G, Genre, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, OCD, Young Adult

  Africa, African MC, Beasts of Prey, Black MC, Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Magic, Mental Health, Mythology, Neurodivergence, OCD, Series, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘Bath Haus’- Vernon, P. J.

  Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they’ve made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn’t be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Addiction, Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Gay, Genre, Horror, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Novels, Thriller, V

  Addiction, Adult, Age Gap, Contemporary, Dual POV, Fiction, Gay, Horror, LGBTQ+, M/M, Mystery, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Thriller, USA

• ‘Crip Kinship’- Kafai, Shayda

  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. Crip Kinship explores the art activism…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, K, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Art, Art History, Disability Activism, Disability Art, Disability History, Disability Justice, History, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sins Invalid, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Confessions of a Sociopath’- Thomas, M. E.

  The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopath is an engrossing, highly captivating narrative of the author’s life as a diagnosed sociopath. She is a charismatic charmer, an ambitious self-promoter, and a cunning and calculating liar. She can induce you to invest in her financial schemes, vote for her causes, and even join…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Disability, Genre, Memoir, Mental Health, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Personality Disorders, Psychology, T

  Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Memoir, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Personality Disorder, Psychology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book