This Young Adult novel was a very good read with an even better message. Caitlin is a fifth grader that has Asperger's, and everything is black and white to her. She takes everything very literal and does not understand emotions at all. Her brother Devon has just been killed in a shooting a middle school in Virginia. Devon had helped her to understand other people and was always supportive of her. Her father is also a widower whose grief takes over his life. Caitlin's school counselor is trying to help her with social skills and find "closure" with the death of Devon. This book is very enlightening in the way it lets you inside the head of a person with Asperger's. I think it would be a great way to help kids understand how people can be different.
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