Good Differentis the perfect next read for fans of Counting by 7s or Jasmine Warga. This is a moving and unputdownable story about learning to celebrate the things that make us different. Can she get her school to understand that, too, before it's too late? Selah's friends pull away from her, her school threatens expulsion, and her comfortable, familiar world starts to crumble.īut as Selah starts to figure out more about who she is, she comes to understand that different doesn't mean damaged.

Inspired by Meg's own experience living on the spectrum and largely passing as neurotypical, GOOD DIFFERENT is an. She is a 2020 Pitch Wars mentee, and the author of poetry books. Until the day she explodes and hits a fellow student. GOOD DIFFERENT by Meg Eden Kuyatt (Ages 8-12) is an extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference from a promising new voice in children’s literature. Meg Eden Kuyatt is a neurodivergent author and college-level creative writing instructor. Selah feels like a dragon stuck in a world of humans, but she knows how to hide it. So that she has to tear off her normal-person mask the second she gets home from school, and listen to her favorite pop song on repeat, trying to recharge. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes on, so that she has to run to the bathroom and hide in the stall until she can calm down. 'The next Wonder.' - Good Morning AmericaĪn extraordinary novel-in-verse for fans of Starfish and A Kind of Spark about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference.

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt