Do you know someone with autism? The month of April is dedicated to autism awareness. Check out one of these books containing characters with autism:
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer