# Schneider Family Book Award reading list

**41** books referenced by Schneider Family Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Schneider Family Book Award is given annually by the American Library Association to books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Middle-school and teen winners — from Rules and Fish in a Tree to Song for a Whale and Show Me a Sign — are classroom staples for empathy and disability-awareness units.

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## Schneider Family Book Award reading list

- [A Bird Will Soar](https://readinglist.school/book/a-bird-will-soar) by Alison Green Myers _(Grades 4–7)_
- [A Dog Called Homeless](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-homeless) by Sarah Lean _(Grades 3–6)_
- [A Mango-Shaped Space](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mango-shaped-space) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 5–8)_
- [After Ever After](https://readinglist.school/book/after-ever-after) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Anger Is a Gift](https://readinglist.school/book/anger-is-a-gift) by Mark Oshiro _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Anything But Typical](https://readinglist.school/book/anything-but-typical) by Nora Raleigh Baskin _(Grades 5–8)_
- [As Brave As You](https://readinglist.school/book/as-brave-as-you) by Jason Reynolds _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/becoming-naomi-leon) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Chronically Dolores](https://readinglist.school/book/chronically-dolores) by Maya Van Wagenen _(Grades 8–12)_
- [Close to Famous](https://readinglist.school/book/close-to-famous) by Joan Bauer _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Cursed](https://readinglist.school/book/cursed-karol-ruth-silverstein) by Karol Ruth Silverstein _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Fish in a Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/fish-in-a-tree) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(550L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Five Flavors of Dumb](https://readinglist.school/book/five-flavors-of-dumb) by Antony John _(Grades 8–12)_
- [Forever Is Now](https://readinglist.school/book/forever-is-now) by Mariama J. Lockington _(Grades 8–12)_
- [Girls Like Us](https://readinglist.school/book/girls-like-us-gail-giles) by Gail Giles _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Handbook for Dragon Slayers](https://readinglist.school/book/handbook-for-dragon-slayers) by Merrie Haskell _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Hurt Go Happy](https://readinglist.school/book/hurt-go-happy) by Ginny Rorby _(Grades 7–10)_
- [Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess](https://readinglist.school/book/macy-mcmillan-and-the-rainbow-goddess) by Shari Green _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Marcelo in the Real World](https://readinglist.school/book/marcelo-in-the-real-world) by Francisco X. Stork _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety](https://readinglist.school/book/popcorn-rob-harrell) by Rob Harrell _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Rose Under Fire](https://readinglist.school/book/rose-under-fire) by Elizabeth Wein _(Grades 8–12)_
- [Rules](https://readinglist.school/book/rules-cynthia-lord) by Cynthia Lord _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/show-me-a-sign) by Ann Clare LeZotte _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Small Steps](https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Song for A Whale](https://readinglist.school/book/song-for-a-whale) by Lynne Kelly _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Tending to Grace](https://readinglist.school/book/tending-to-grace) by Kimberly Newton Fusco _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fire-the-water-and-maudie-mcginn) by Sally J. Pla _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Running Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/the-running-dream) by Wendelin Van Draanen _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-as-told-by-mason-buttle) by Leslie Connor _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B](https://readinglist.school/book/the-unlikely-hero-of-room-13b) by Teresa Toten _(Grades 8–12)_
- [The War That Saved My Life](https://readinglist.school/book/the-war-that-saved-my-life) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley _(580L · Grades 4–7)_
- [The Words We Keep](https://readinglist.school/book/the-words-we-keep) by Erin Stewart _(Grades 8–12)_
- [The Words in My Hands](https://readinglist.school/book/the-words-in-my-hands) by Asphyxia _(Grades 8–12)_
- [Things Not Seen](https://readinglist.school/book/things-not-seen) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 6–8)_
- [This Is My Brain in Love](https://readinglist.school/book/this-is-my-brain-in-love) by I. W. Gregorio _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Una niña llamada Rose / Rain Reign](https://readinglist.school/book/rain-reign) by Ann M. Martin _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Waiting for Normal](https://readinglist.school/book/waiting-for-normal) by Leslie Connor _(Grades 5–8)_
- [When We Collided](https://readinglist.school/book/when-we-collided) by Emery Lord _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Wildoak](https://readinglist.school/book/wildoak) by C.C. Harrington _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Wonderstruck](https://readinglist.school/book/wonderstruck) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 4–7)_
- [You're Welcome, Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/youre-welcome-universe) by Whitney Gardner _(Grades 8–12)_

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