Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes Young Adult Coming of Age Comics & Graphic Novels • Charms are made from

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sparking conversation

was named one of YALSA's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels in 2009

Twelve-year-old Mia is just trying to navigate a world that doesn’t understand her true autistic self

part puzzle and thoroughly charming

Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes Young Adult Coming of Age Comics & Graphic Novels • Charms are made fromMeet fifteen remarkable athletes who use adaptive equipment in this beautiful and truth telling picture book. A downhill skier whose blindness has sharpened her communication skills. An adaptive surfer who shreds waves while sitting down. A young man who excels at wheelchair motocross but struggles with math. Tenacious tells their stories and more, revealing the daily joys and challenges of life as an athlete with disabilities. These competitors have