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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon · 240 pages
This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery st
Rules
Cynthia Lord · 200 pages
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kris
Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism
Arthur Fleischmann, Carly Fleischmann · 391 pages
The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.
In the Absence of Light
Adrienne Wilder · 339 pages
House Rules
Jodi Picoult · 532 pages
A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition) (Ravenswood, 1)
Talia Hibbert · 304 pages
Best Boy
Eli Gottlieb · 248 pages
A middle-aged autistic resident of a therapeutic community where he was sent as a young child rebels against changes in his environment by attempting to return to a family home and younger sibling he only partially remembers.
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Tony Attwood · 398 pages
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida · 186 pages
Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know
Lisa Genova eBox Set: Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Love Anthony
Lisa Genova · 1,000 pages
Tilly in Technicolor
Mazey Eddings · 320 pages
Dear John
Nicholas Sparks · 282 pages
John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.
Upward Bound
Woody Brown · 208 pages
The Someday Birds
Sally J. Pla · 339 pages
Charlie s perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious new family friend. He decides that if he can spot all the birds that he and his father were hoping to see
Kristy and the Secret of Susan
Ann M. Martin · 146 pages
Thinking it unfair that her new baby-sitting charge Susan gets treated differently because she is autistic, Kristy decides to change that situation.
Edward Adrift
Craig Lancaster · 307 pages
The Rosie Effect
Graeme Simsion · 419 pages
"The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because--surprise--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don
The Question of the Missing Head
E.J. Copperman, Jeff Cohen · 324 pages
Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. And as a man with Asperger's Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one-- who stole a preserved head from the Garden State Cryonics Institute?
Ginny Moon
Benjamin Ludwig · 384 pages
A Boy Called Bat
Elana K. Arnold · 198 pages
When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
The Half-Life of Planets
Emily Franklin, Brendan Halpin · 247 pages
An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.
When You Were Older
Catherine Ryan Hyde
A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll · 192 pages
Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different."A must-read for students and adults alike." -School Library Journal, Starred Review Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I c