Friday, July 16, 2010

Mockingbird

In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead, and her father cries a lot. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how. When she reads the definition of “closure” in the dictionary, she realizes that is what she and her father need.

In her search for Closure, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white--the world is full of colors--messy and beautiful, and it is through this discovery that she embarks on a road which leads her to find both healing and Closure.


As I've said before, books that get me to react on an emotional level are ones I love! Kathryn Erskin does just that with this middle grade novel about a young girl with Asperger's.  This book does a good job of helping to understand what a person with this condition goes through realistically and with sensitivity. Highly recommend this one for everyone.

5 comments:

Blodeuedd said...

Loving it, enough for me to want to pick it up :=)

Staci said...

This one is on my list to read when I get back to school in September. Glad to see that it packs an emotional punch!

Irene said...

Oh Nise, my list of your recommendations is getting very long, couldn't you find something that was not good to read, sometime?

thanks for your suggestion, I actually have a little book here, that my son keeps asking "who is Nise" the title is Nise recommends.

Molly said...

I have not heard of this one, but it sounds great! I'm definitely adding it to the list.

Veggiemomof2 said...

I agree w/Irene, I have a huge list of books recommended by you. I finally read Mockingbird & loved it! I have a son w/AS, so this was a great insight for me.

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