Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen

Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen This is a good read to add to any to middle school or high school library. It's a good read inspired by a real situation. It's important because students and adults should understand that people have different difficulties. Add this one to your school library.

Tales from Alcatraz Al Capone Throws Me A Curve by Gennifer Choldenko

Great series, based on when families lived on Alcatraz Island separate from the Prison part of the island.  It's a good read and a good audio book.  Add this to your middle school library.

Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say

Another beautiful book by Allen Say.  Add this on to your collection.  True story of a troubled artist, a boy who was  mute, deaf and autistic in the late 1800 early 1900s.  How do you communicate to a young boy like this?  Or do you?  Left alone, created his own friends by drawing characters and animals.  It's a good read.

Our House Is On Fire by Thunberg, Thunberg, Ernman & Ernman

Go with this family and journey with them from having a very special daughter who finds her voice that rocked the world about being stewards for the environment and fighting politics. It is a good read.

The Space We're In by Kathya Balen

A beautiful story about a family narrated by ten year old Frank.  How the family, parents and friends respond to Max.  His meltdowns, how he learns and communicates.  And then a loss happens.  Grief and depression hit the family.  It's a good read and the audio book also very good. 

A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold

I would say that Bat is in the Autism Spectrum.  It's not stated but he reminds me of many students that I have worked with.  It's a sweet book and fine for any young library.  It is book 1 and was published in 2017  I would say it is for grades: 3-6  It's a great addition to any young people's library.  Enjoy.

Al Capone at Alcatraz Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko

set in the 1930s and autism not nearly as known as it is now, this story incorporates facts of life on the island as well as a good story.  Worthy of any school library.  Especially middle school.  Enjoy.

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Oh my!  Did you like Elenor and Park?  Then read this book!  It is a must read and read it before you put it in your high school library.  This is a brilliant book written in two voices.  A bit romance, cyber and physical and verbal bulling.  Dealing with grief.  Dealing with parents.  Dealing with friends.  This is on my shopping list.  I think I'll put it in my teen book club list to read.  I would say it needs to be in the California Young Reader's Medal.  This is seriously good.

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

It's a very smart book and worth the read.  Early is autistic but back in this time frame that the story takes place, he's just considered strange.  Think a modern Huckleberry Finn adventure.  They meet dangerous people, they meet lonely people and find dangerous experiences.  It's an excellent read.

The Moves Make The Man by Bruce Brooks

This has so many layers to it.  It's about Jerome and his family.  It's about Bix and his family.  I have a feeling Bix might be in the Autistic spectrum. It's about racism. It's about mental health, and suicide.  It's about basketball and baseball.  It's about facing the truth.  It is a good read but a difficult read as well.

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

This isn't always an easy read but it's an important read.  Give you insight on what people think even if they aren't always sharing.  Some moral situations.  A coming of age story.  A good book for any library.  Will not be for everyone.  But it would be important to have in your library.

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

It's not an easy book to read sometimes but it is a good story.  It's a coming of age for a young man who finds love, real love for the first time in his life.  How it changes his life. It's perfect for any library.

The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence

This book has some wink-wink moments when reading this story.  One must suspend their belief of believing some of the circumstances involved in the events.  I continued to reading this story because the PK has the symptoms of a person with autism or Asperger's Syndrome and a friend of mine has a child that has Aspergers.  Different people of the history pop up conveniently at helpful times.  So the story is a bit contrived.  Also you get to visit an opium den and meet a soiled dove.  Again some more wink-wink reading.  It's an okay story.