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29 Oct 2016, 7:04 pm

I just got done reading Rain Regin and I am looking for another book to read
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29 Oct 2016, 8:23 pm

A wrinkle in time.



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29 Oct 2016, 9:04 pm

Harmonic Feedback - Tara Kelly
On the Edge of Gone - Corinne Duyvis
Wild Orchid and sequels - Beverley Brenna
Curious Incident... - Mark Haddon
Rogue - Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Stim & Kaleidoscope - Kevin Berry
Colin Fischer - Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz



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29 Oct 2016, 9:29 pm

The one that I'll eventually write ;)

somanyspoons wrote:
A wrinkle in time.


I read that a few years ago, but I didn't know one of the kids was autistic.



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29 Oct 2016, 9:48 pm

EzraS wrote:
The one that I'll eventually write ;)

somanyspoons wrote:
A wrinkle in time.


I read that a few years ago, but I didn't know one of the kids was autistic.


Well its not stated. But it seems obvious to me that Charles Wallace and Meg are no-brainers on the aspie scale. That's the fun of books. We can read into them what we want to.



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29 Oct 2016, 10:50 pm

A Wrinkle In Time is awesome. Charles Wallace, Meg, and Calvin are all outsiders at the very least. As for Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nighttime, I loved the book and absolutely hated the heartbreaking ending.



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30 Oct 2016, 4:34 am

Sherlock Holmes.


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30 Oct 2016, 8:27 am

There are lots reviewed on the blog "Disability in Kidlit". Click here



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30 Oct 2016, 5:55 pm

Hardly anyone seems to mention that Mark Haddon did not actually get to know any real autistic people. His character in the curious incident is based upon stereotypes and his own imagination but people are using it to describe real autistic people. It's a pretty good story but his character is fictional



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30 Oct 2016, 5:57 pm

Not so much a teen book but the girl with the dragon tattoo series features lisbeth salander who is suspected to have aspergers (only mentioned in the last book by Steig Laarson) also that is who my display photo is based upon.



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31 Oct 2016, 7:05 am

House Rules is very good. It's about a boy with Asperger's (although I would argue that he has PDD-NOS) but I feel that it's overall an accurate portrayal of autism. Plus, it switches POVs so you get to see not only how autism affects the individual, but how it affects the parents and siblings as well.



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31 Oct 2016, 8:13 am

lifelovebeauty wrote:
House Rules is very good. It's about a boy with Asperger's (although I would argue that he has PDD-NOS) but I feel that it's overall an accurate portrayal of autism. Plus, it switches POVs so you get to see not only how autism affects the individual, but how it affects the parents and siblings as well.


That sounds really good. I'll have to check it out for sure.



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31 Oct 2016, 8:45 am

A Wrinkle In Time


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31 Oct 2016, 1:09 pm

Anything but typical, By, Nora Raleigh Baskin. Sounds like the character is on wrong planet. It's in my schools teen library, I don't think it is teen. Reminds me of EzraS


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01 Nov 2016, 2:36 am

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine.


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01 Nov 2016, 7:19 am

Mattoid wrote:
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine.

I don't see where you're going with this.


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