Many thanks to those who responded to my request for fiction titles suitable
for boy wheelchair users preferably motorised, 11-14 years with Duchenne MD.
These are the titles that were suggested. I have compiled an annotated list
of these and other titles with wheelchair using characters which I can send
to anyone who contacts me off list. Please note that none of these titles
are recommended for all readers, and each must be evaluated to judge which
are suitable for particular needs. Medical conditions included where known
to aid selection only.
Boy users
David Hill's _See Ya Simon-, and Susan Sallis' -No Time At All-, both have
boys with life limiting conditions who use electric wheelchairs and die by
the end of the story.
Catherine MacPhail: Wheels - -Dead Man Walking- 2003 (Puffin) Accident
Eric Walters: -Rebound -(2000). Stoddart Kids Books (USA) Young Adult.
Accident
Helen Flint: -Not Just Rescuing- 2002 teenage boy uses a manual wheelchair.
Jane Stemp: -Waterbound- 1995 characters with several disabilities, not just
wheelchair users.
Firdaus Kanga :-Trying to Grow- - a fictionalised autobiography of an Indian
author in a wheelchair. may be suitable for 14year olds.
Christy Brown: -My Left Foot-
David Clayton: -Hotshots Don't Die- 2000 Heinemann(Older teenager injured in
accident learns from younger wh'ch user). High Impact series for reluctant
readers- 32 pages
Martin Waddell: -The Beat of the Drum- Boy wheelchair user from infancy as a
result of the Troubles.
Matt Christopher : -The Great Quarterback Switch- (USA) Michael uses
wheelchair, and telepathy to communicate football plays to his twin brother.
Matt Christopher, Robert Hirschfeld: -Wheel Wizards -(USA) Accident
.wheelchair basketball.
Michael Foreman: -Seal Surfer- 1998 (picture book for older readers -boy
wh/ch user, environmental theme)
Michael Coleman -Internet Detectives- series by (Macmillan, 1997).9-11
years.
Clare Bevan: -Mightier than the Sword- 1989 Blackie Children's Books;
Rowena Edlin-White: -Clo and the Albatross- (Lion) girl recovers from
traumatic brain injury has a character with cp, both use wheelchairs
Elizabeth Laird (Ed) -Me & My Electric-seven young people with varying
disabilities, including deafness and Usher Syndrome, teamed with children's
authors to tell their stories.
-What It's Like to Be Me- is another edited book of personal accounts by
children with all sorts of disabilities, not just wheelchair users.
Other titles -Girl and younger users
Berniece Rabe: -Margaret's Moves- about a girl who wanted to have a much
better wheelchair (I think an electric one); but the family had trouble
affording it.
Gillian Cross's -Calling a Dead Man- has a very forceful female character
manual wheelchair user involving mystery novel
Hilary McKay: -Saffy's Angel- the girl wheelchair user, Sarah, is
intelligent and enterprising.
Colin Theile: -Jodie's Journey- Australian girl horserider rheumatoid
arthritis Age 9-12. HarperCollins; 1990
Pippa Goodheart: -Pest Friends- (mid junior, partly illustrated story of
girl at school who's happy in her wh/ch)
Wendy Orr & Kim Gamble: -Arabella- Illustrated story boy in a wheelchair Age
4-8, 2000, Angus & Robertson Publishers;
Robert Munsch: -ZOOM- picture book Scholastic/Cartwheel [0-439-18774-5]
pre-school girl electric wheelchair user
Jeanne Willis: -Susan Laughs- Picture book, pre-school. Girl just doing
things revealed in last page as wh'ch user.
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