Ableist Language in Neil Smith's Boo
Summary of Boo, from Penguin Random House:
"It is the first week of school in 1979, and Oliver “Boo” Dalrymple—ghostly pale eighth grader; aspiring scientist; social pariah—is standing next to his locker, reciting the periodic table. The next thing he knows, he finds himself lying in a strange bed in a strange land. He is a new resident of a place called Town—an afterlife exclusively for thirteen-year-olds. Soon Boo is joined by Johnny Henzel, a fellow classmate, who brings with him a piece of surprising news about the circumstances of the boys’ deaths.
See reader reviews and discussion of Boo on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23012503-boo?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=c4xzVbjM3U&rank=2.
