{"id":9215584469229,"title":"No Brain the Same","handle":"no-brain-the-same","description":"\u003ch6\u003eComing June 2, 2026. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eNo Brain the Same\u003c\/h1\u003e\n \u003ch2\u003eNeurodivergent Young Activists Shaping Our Future\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/lindsay-metcalf\"\u003eLindsay H. Metcalf\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/keila-dawson\"\u003eKeila V. 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No Brain the Same

Coming June 2, 2026. Pre-order today!

No Brain the Same

Neurodivergent Young Activists Shaping Our Future

Edited by: Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley/ Illustrated by: Jeanette Bradley

We are the future.

Through powerful poems, this book honors neurodivergent youth activists transforming their communities and invites kids to act—continuing the spirit of No Voice Too Small and No World Too Big.

Fourteen poems by CooXooEii Black, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Liv Mammone, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, K. A. Reynolds, and others honor activists from all over the world and the United States. These fourteen neurodivergent activists began their work when they were young and continue it now, changing systems, politics, policies, and more. Additional text goes into detail about each activist's life and how readers can get involved.

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Lindsay H. Metcalf, editor

Lindsay H. Metcalf grew up on a Kansas farm and is the author of Farmers Unite! Planting a Protest for Fair Prices. An experienced journalist, Lindsay has covered a variety of change-makers as a reporter, editor, and columnist for the Kansas City Star and other news outlets.

Read more about Lindsay.

Keila V. Dawson, editor

Keila V. Dawson was born and raised in New Orleans. She has been a community organizer and an early childhood special education teacher. She has lived in the Phillipines, Japan, and Egypt. She is the author of Opening The Road.

Read more about Keila.


Jeanette Bradley, editor-illustrator

Jeanette Bradley has been an urban planner, an apprentice pastry chef, and the artist-in-residence for a traveling art museum on a train. She is the author and illustrator of Love, Mama. Jeanette lives in Rhode Island with her wife and kids.

Read more about Jeanette.

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Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-583-3

Ages: 5–9
Page count: 40
10 x 10

Publication date: June 2, 2026