people with mental disabilities

"Wynn and Elric may now be safe, but adjusting to life in the Between is not without complications. Their adoptive mother, the benevolent Fairy Queen, is haunted by the memory of her child who was kidnapped long ago--and she won't risk letting the same thing happen to Wynn and Elric. But that same grief has been weakening the queen's powers for years, and the protective shield around their kingdom is deteriorating. [When] Wynn is coerced into the Nightfell Wood by a creature sent to do the Grendel's bidding, Elric knows he must go after her to save her life. What they discover there--about fear, prejudice, and the true nature of evil--will change the fairy kingdom forever"--Provided by publisher.

A pair of siblings with developmental delays were hidden away for fear of being discovered by the community for fear of a "curse," but the children soon learn the road to freedom through fairy songs, where all are welcome.

Rather than be placed in a special school for psychologically-challenged students, Dylan, six months from turning eighteen, sets out on the Appalachian Trail, where he makes surprising connections with other hikers.

Since her father's death, Cora, twelve, longs for a permanent home for herself, her special-needs sister, and their mother while navigating middle school and studying trees using her father's field notes.

After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.

You're still you no matter where you go. Jessa has learned the hard way that traveling to alternate dimensions isn't all delicious, glittering desserts and fancy parties: it also means accidentally running into people she thought she'd never see again. Still mourning a devastating loss, Jessa isn't really prepared for the arrival of a reckless version of someone she once loved who is now bent on revenge.

A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

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.

"After sixteen-year-old Lauren Fielding undergoes a procedure to correct a unique cognitive disability, her perceptions of reality are challenged as she finds herself at the center of a conspiracy involving genetic engineering and government secrets"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Aster, caught between a self-absorbed older sister and a mentally-disabled younger one, yearns for a normal life and, with her first boyfriend's encouragement and trust in God, she begins to make things better.