![]() ![]() I also thought the way the other children - and even certain teachers - found Caitlin hard to deal with to be very realistic. Watching the way Caitlin interacted with those around her, especially a young boy called Michael who she grew close to, the school bully Josh, who's the cousin of one of the boys who'd perpetrated the shooting, and her counsellor Mrs Brook. ![]() However, once I managed to get past that, I found this to be a well-written, thoughtful, and moving look at tragedy and at Asperger's syndrome. ![]() I struggled to get into this one - Caitlin's narrative voice takes some getting used to. With her dad struggling to cope and Caitlin no longer having her brother to explain to her things she doesn't understand, the young narrator must seek closure on the tragedy herself. Mockingbird is the story of Caitlin, an 11-year old girl with Asperger's syndrome trying to recover from the death of her brother Devon in a school shooting. I'd have liked it to have been a bit longer, but well worth reading. Summary: Moving and thoughtful novel about a young girl with Asperger's grieving for her brother, killed in a school shooting. ![]()
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