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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items.

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Yes, We Have Large Print Books for Kids!

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    Faker
    Korman, Gordon
    2025
    Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other…
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    The Barren Grounds
    Robertson, David
    2024
    "Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture…
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    Simon Sort of Says
    Bow, Erin
    2024
    "Ask Simon O'Keeffe why his family moved to tiny Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, and he'll tell you they were driven out of Omaha by alpacas. In Simon's version of the story, a blessing of the animals…
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    A Royal Conundrum
    Yee, Lisa
    2024
    Olive Cobin Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren't her fault. (No, really!) Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So, imagine her doubts when she's…

We Just Haven't Met Yet!

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    Hot Desk
    A Novel
    Dickerman, Laura
    2025
    In the post-pandemic publishing industry, two rival editors are forced to share a "hot desk" on different days of the week, much to their chagrin. Having never set eyes on each other, Rebecca Blume…
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    Before I Saw You
    Houghton, Emily
    2024
    "Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart. They talk for hours every day. And they've never seen each other face-to-face. After being in terrible accidents, the two share the same…
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    The Flatshare
    O'Leary, Beth
    2019
    Tiffy and Leon share an apartment in London. Tiffy and Leon have never met. After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her…
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    Attachments
    Rowell, Rainbow
    2011
    Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office e-mail, but they still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal…
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    The Neighbor Favor
    Forest, Kristina
    2023
    "Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has always felt inadequate compared to the rest of her accomplished family, who strive for Black excellence. She dreams of becoming a children's…
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    Meet Me at the Museum
    Youngson, Anne
    2018
    In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember…

The Life and Work of Alice Wong

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    Year of the Tiger
    An Activist's Life
    Wong, Alice
    2022
    "Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique…
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    Disability Intimacy
    Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
    2024
    "[A] follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and…
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    Disability Visibility
    First-person Stories From the Twenty-first Century
    2020
    One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for…
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    Disability Visibility
    17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults
    2021
    According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden-- but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Wong…

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