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    Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
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    Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

    By Marieke Nijkamp

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    About this ebook

    This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future.

    The contributing authors are awardwinners, bestsellers, and newcomers including Kody Keplinger, Kristine Wyllys, Francisco X. Stork, William Alexander, Corinne Duyvis, Marieke Nijkamp, Dhonielle Clayton, Heidi Heilig, Katherine Locke, Karuna Riazi, Kayla Whaley, Keah Brown, and Fox Benwell. Each author identifies as disabled along a physical, mental, or neurodiverse axis—and their characters reflect this diversity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 18, 2018
    ISBN9780374306519
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    Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
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    Marieke Nijkamp

    Marieke Nijkamp is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends. She is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, and geek. She currently resides in her home country, the Netherlands.

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    • 4/5
      This anthology includes a wide range of styles and genres, so I didn't expect every story to click. But plenty of them did. Three stories in a row were realistic current day, then supernatural horror, then SF (with hoverbikes!). I liked all of them.

      Conceptually, this reminds me of the 2008 anthology "She's such a geek!" That was nonfiction, but it was a collection of very personal voices, writing from their geek experiences. "Unbroken" is fiction including disabilities by authors with disabilities.

      Give it a try and find some new perspectives and new authors to follow. And ask your library to get it for the teen section.
    • 3/5
      diverse teen short stories (realistic, fantasy/sci-fi - ethnically diverse, differently-abled characters, mental health, LGBTQA interest)
      some stories resonate better than others, but you can choose what you like and skip the others.
    • 4/5
      I mistakenly expected they’d all be f/sf and was disappointed in that expectation with several romance/finding the self stories that were fine but not my thing. The best story was by William Alexander, a fantasy about a teen whose chronic pain fuels his magic and who accidentally created a Richard III out of his theater activities—the stakes are just high enough for some tension while allowing the story to focus on the teen’s relationship with his powers, his dead grandfather, and his maybe-girlfriend who might or might not be ready for the truth about him. I’ll be looking for Alexander’s other stuff. The other protagonists have a variety of disabilities, including vision impairment, schizophrenia, an anxiety disorder, and mobility impairments. No disability is “cured,” though the girl with the anxiety disorder does beat it back to take part in fighting off a planetary invasion.