Deafblind poet John Lee Clark presents a unique and expressive point of view in this collection. Clark’s work includes poems for the deaf translated from ASL, and poems for the deafblind community which include Protactile communication to convey the poem’s meaning.

A fascinating account of Alaska’s 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Focusing on the people who lived it, and the scientists who studied it, Fountain’s vivid writing makes the time come alive. From daring tales of survival to the scientific discoveries that followed, a surprising page-turner.

A razor-sharp poetic retort to the ableism found in Literature. Weise’s incisive poems directly respond to the ways authors use disability as metaphor and the way disabled writers are expected to perform disability. Smart, moving, often funny, and very powerful.

Violet is having a tough year. She started middle school, is worried about keeping her friends, and she has to move. On top of that, she has a ghost in her room and she feels sick and tired all the time. A lovely and empathetic story about life changes and long term illness.

This sharp, spiky novel explores the complicated issues of identity and belonging through the story of a former piano prodigy who goes to work for a bonkers – and possibly sinister – high-end beauty company.

How to experience life more fully by using all of her senses is the quest author Gretchen Rubin sets for herself. Tag along as she attends a perfume class and eats dinner blindfolded. Lots of little ideas that you can use to increase your own sensory awareness.

In the second Monk & Robot book, Sibling Dex and Mosscap arrive in civilization. While Mosscap asks his question to humans “what do you need?”, Sibling Dex acts as tour guide and translator. They try to discover what it is they want. A charming, cozy fantasy.

At the heart of this terrifying haunted house novel are two mysteries, featuring generational trauma and how it affects relationships between African American mothers and daughters. It begs the question: Can a house be evil, or is it made that way from its inhabitants?

After her parents’ deaths, Maria arrives in the United States by way of Pakistan and Bangladesh with a reputation for being…prickly. With some extra care, perhaps she (and the abandoned garden she finds) can grow in this modern retelling of The Secret Garden.

A fascinating collection of essays about examining memory and injury through the lens of time. A great read for anyone who wants to learn more about Sarah Polley’s career as an author, director and actor, or has struggled through excavating the foundations of their own life.