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Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.

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Main Author:	Erskine, Kathryn
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	NY: Puffin Books, 2011.
Subjects:	Asperger's syndrome > Juvenile fiction. Empathy > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:	Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
Physical Description:	235 p.
ISBN:	9780142417751 0142417750
Author Notes:	Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she'd rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading. She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different schools, her favorite being the Hogwarts-type castle in Scotland. The faculty, of course, did not consist of wizards, although . . . how did the headmistress know that it was "the wee redhead" who led the campaign to free the mice from the biology lab? Erskine draws on her childhood--and her second childhood through her children--for her stories. She still loves to travel but nowadays most trips tend to be local, such as basketball and tennis courts, occasional emergency room visits, and the natural food store for very healthy organic chocolate with "life saving" flavonoids.