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2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature

In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead, and her father cries a lot. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's, she doesn’t know how. When she reads the definition of "closure" in the dictionary, she realizes that is what she and her father need. In her search for closure, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white - the world is full of colors - messy and beautiful, and it is through this discovery that she embarks on a road which leads her to find both healing and closure.

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ClassificationF ERS
PublisherPuffin, 2011-02
SubjectJuvenile FictionAsperger'sAsperger's SyndromeUnderstanding Asperger'sSchoolJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / GeneralPeople with disabilities.
ISBN9780142417751
Additional ISBN
0142417750
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Reviews:
★ "As readers celebrate this milestone with Caitlin, they realize that they too have been developing empathy by walking a while in her shoes, experiencing the distinctive way that she sees and interacts with the world." - Kirkus
★ "This novel is not about violence as much as about the ways in which a wounded community heals." - Publishers Weekly
★ "Allusions to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community’s healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn’s behaviour enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asperger's." - Booklist
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High School
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