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The Way Things Look To Me (2009)

by Roopa Farooki(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0330463152 (ISBN13: 9780330463157)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Pan Publishing

review 1: This book started slow for me and really started to pick up steam as it went on. It is about a family of three siblings who have been left behind by their parent's deaths. The youngest sister has Asperger's Syndrome, which has had an impact on the entire family. Written from all of their different points of view, it is an interesting window into that world. The author does an amazing job of describing what it would be to live in the shoes of someone who has Asperger's Syndrome. As I was reading this book I literally started to turn the pages faster and faster as I went along. Good book.
review 2: I'm going to ramble a bit. I couldn't decide as I read this book, if I was being easier or harder on the author because of my own life experiences. In my career, I o... moreften work with children with Asperger's. Also, I have three children and one has special needs. I found myself not connecting with the portrayal of a person with Asperger's, but I kept reading to give it a chance. I was making excuses for the author because I felt she researched so much, but wasn't able to know really know what this family's life would be like. It was more of a textbook's version. I came to the conclusion that the author could have researched and used the info differently. Authors write books about things they haven't experienced first-hand all the time. I think this one got buried in the research and lost sight of her story. Good effort, but it fell short for me. less

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