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Disabled protagonists in seven non-contemporary fantasy YA novels:

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Winterkill by Kate Boorman
Drowned by Nichola Reilly
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
The Elementals by Saundra Mitchell
The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Of these novels, we’ve only reviewed Gathering Blue and The Elementals at Disability in Kidlit. We can’t vouch for the other portrayals as of yet, but are working on getting several of these titles reviewed.

If you’ve read any of these, how did you think the disability aspect was handled?

Coming soon: disabled protagonists in modern-day fantasy YA novels.

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Since slecnaztemnot asked in the tags which disabilities these characters have:

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner features an MC with a recently amputated hand; 
Winterkill by Kate Boorman features an MC with a limp as a result of a childhood injury;
Drowned by Nichola Reilly features an MC with an amputated lower arm as a result of a childhood accident;
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry features an MC born with a “twisted foot”;
Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey features an MC who’s deaf in one ear as a result of abuse;
The Elementals by Saundra Mitchell features an MC who limps as a result of childhood polio;
The Young Elites by Marie Lu features an MC who’s had one eye removed after a childhood illness.