Mockingbird

This was another book with a protagonist that has Asperger's Syndrome, that you can't help but like. I don't know why these books resonate with me. Maybe it is because I have seen many kids like this in my teaching career. For a child with Aspergers, any major change can be traumatic. The trauma in the story comes in the form of a school shooting that takes away Caitlyn's brother Devon. He helped keep her on the right path and now he is gone. For anyone that would be horrible. Add in the fact that Caitlyn has Aspergers and you've cranked it up a notch. She is trying to find a way to get past it all and ends up befrinding a first grader named Michael who has suffered a loss in his life. Maybe this is the path they need to take for healing. Definitely a book I will recommend to our librarian and my students.

This book was boring to me. It was a depressing story about a girl who didnt understand much, and thought colors were messy and black and white were easier to use. Everything was easy for her besides making friends and feeling empathy. Throughout the whole book it was non-stop talking about closure....closure...........and even more closure! By the end of this book i knew the definition of closure more than anyone should ever know! Closure became an overworked, overused, and a progressivly annoying word! But then again this book made me realize that i prefer more action with cars blowing up and the suspense that made you want to keep reading, to reassure yourself that the character wasnt dead. I was forced to read this book, as it would hurt my reading grade, but otherwise i wouldve stopped. This book went on about things i dont need to know about, and even after reading only 10 pages a day, i didnt find myself one time, wanting to read more... to keep going. I was distracted by the older kids (the 7th graders), and to tell you the truth, they were more intresting, even though they only were going to lunch, taunting us 6th graders, the 6th graders bored with there books that is. I became frustrated the further i got into the book, realizing what i wanted out of it; To feel some emotion, any emotion really. I felt nothing and the book even talked about empathy! I still just....I couldnt find a point, the problem, with a well deserved solution at the very end after waiting for what seemed like forever. According to my first grade teacher, a story should have 3 parts: beginning/setting the scene, Middle/the PROBLEM, end/ the SOLUTION. I would not recommend it.

The first book i actually wanted to read and read all of it. Sad how she had asbergers and no one really helped her through the tough times, especially her father. Rate 10 stars if i could 😄