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Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
by Marieke Nijkamp
A truly outstanding YA Anthology
Disability representation in fiction, especially fiction for young people, is absolutely terrible. Disabled characters are either non-existant, the object of scorn and derision or used as two dimensional plot hooks, while offensive paragraphs are written by people who have no understanding or experience of disability.
To read an anthology of stories where the protagonists are fully alive, 3 dimensional, and tangibly real, is a wonderful thing I didn't know I needed. The stories span genres from contemporary fiction to sci-fi and fantasy and each one is a gem in its own right. This was a really wonderful book and I'd especially reccomend it to my fellow cripples- here is a text within which we can fully inhabit and shine
Disability representation in fiction, especially fiction for young people, is absolutely terrible. Disabled characters are either non-existant, the object of scorn and derision or used as two dimensional plot hooks, while offensive paragraphs are written by people who have no understanding or experience of disability.
To read an anthology of stories where the protagonists are fully alive, 3 dimensional, and tangibly real, is a wonderful thing I didn't know I needed. The stories span genres from contemporary fiction to sci-fi and fantasy and each one is a gem in its own right. This was a really wonderful book and I'd especially reccomend it to my fellow cripples- here is a text within which we can fully inhabit and shine