THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERS Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Then she comes across the word closure--and she realizes this is what she needs. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be so black and white after all.
"Powerful."--Publishers Weekly "A strong and complex character study."--
The Horn Book "Allusions to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community's healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn's behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers."--
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Erskine, Kathryn
Como residente do estado da Virgínia, KATHRYN ERSKINE ficou profundamente abalada com o massacre da Virginia Tech
University, em 2007. Na esteira da tragédia, Kathryn imaginou como poderia entrelaçar o tema da violência na juventude, seu
impacto sobre a comunidade e as famílias, e o mundo de uma criança com necessidades especiais, numa tentativa de avaliar o
quanto nossas vidas poderiam ser diferentes se compreendêssemos melhor uns aos outros. Ao escrever Passarinha, que narra a história de uma menina autista, ela própria penetrou nesse delicado universo, para, como Caitlin, nos oferecer algo bom e
forte e bonito. |