![]() ![]() Her Amelia Bedelia–like misunderstandings of figurative language provide much needed moments of levity, and her extreme conscientiousness is endearing. She narrates-a risky choice that mostly works. ![]() Over the course of the story, Caitlin, who like many with Asperger's has incredible brainpower but few social skills, must learn empathy. She addresses these losses matter-of-factly her lack of tact is especially hard on her father, a kind man who is falling apart. Caitlin's mother is also dead, lost to cancer when Caitlin was just three. As the result of a school shooting, her beloved brother, Devon, and two others are dead. ![]() Ten-year-old Caitlin Smith has Asperger's syndrome, which is why she is processing a horrific event differently than everyone else in her small Virginia town. ![]()
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