Characters dealing with challenges
I'm FINALLY getting around to reading new books again (thanks Netgalley!) and there are some terrific ones in my pile! One of parents of a student asked me to keep an eye out for characters with challenges, so here are a couple that I found! The first one is called "One Third Nerd" and it's written by Gennifer Choldenko. Choldenko has written a series of books about a boy growing up on Alcatraz Island in the 1930s who has a sister with a significant unnamed disability (but is probably some form of autism). Her new book has a child with Down's Syndrome. However, Izzy is the baby sister and not really a main character. She has a big brother named Liam and a big sister named Dakota. Liam is the story teller in this book. Liam is trying to survive middle school and is profoundly embarrassed by Dakota (who is a science loving genius, just ask her) as well as the fact that they are not exactly poor, but struggle with some money issues and they live ...