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YA Books with Disability




please please fix anything if i incorrectly wrote something or something shouldn’t belong on this list. it was kind of difficult finding disabled main character ya books but from the research i did, this is was i’ve found. i’m aware i might not be right about every one and there might be more out there so please share!
  • Love at First Sight by Josh Sundquist [blind mc]
  • Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern [cerebral palsy, also ocd rep]
  • Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper [i dont quite exactly know but i read she’s in a wheelchair and was born not being able to properly speak, write, or walk on her own??]
  • Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom [blind mc]
  • the Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Greedle [aspergers, also mc adhd rep]
  • Run by Kody Keplinger [blind sc?]
  • After Ever After by Jordan Sonneblick [this was on a list i found but all i can tell is that a main character is in a wheel chair?? possibly from having cancer?? im not quite sure]
  • You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner [Deaf mc]
  • A Step Towards Falling by Cammie McGovern [disabled community focus]

2018 YA Releases with POC Main Characters




  • Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
  • A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
  • American Panda by Gloria Chao
  • The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
  • Lets Talk About Love by Claire Kann
  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Agevedo
  • My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
  • Like Vanessa by Tami Charles


LGBT+ YA Releases for 2018

  • And She Was by Jessica Verdi [transgender focus]
  • What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera [gay romance, own voices]
  • The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang [gay romance]
  • Reign Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh [not specified]
  • Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann [asexual mc]
  • The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan [coming out focus?]
  • The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis [gay mc?]

  • please feel free to add to this list or correct anything!
 I went off a Goodreads list and then went by descriptions and reviews. I also got the little book stack graphic from here.