Owning It: Stories About Teens with Disabilities
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780763632557
Pages
215 pages
Genre
realism
Format
anthology
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Presents ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; Learning disability Illness; Addiction; Tourette syndrome; migraine; brain damage; paraplegia; wheelchair user; blind; vision loss; attention deficit disorder (ADD); cancer; testicular cancer; asthma; obesity; morbidly obese; alcoholism
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Awards
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009 Contemporary Concerns
Keywords
high school; accidents; friendship; challenges; acceptance; multiple stories
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gallo, Donald R., "Owning It: Stories About Teens with Disabilities" (2008). Diverse Families. 1559.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1559