by Kathryn Erskine
Caitlin suffers from Asperger's. She and her father are trying to come to terms with the loss of Devon, Caitlin's brother, who was killed at a school shooting. They both find a way of getting 'closure'.
Written by a lady who has a sufferer of Asperger's in her family, so can relate closely to it. However, I found I had little empathy for the characters. The father didn't seem to be very close to Caitlin, but that could've been the grieving process. Also, Caitlin has no friends - her classmates think she's a 'weirdo'. Surely she would've made friends during junior school in real life.
If Aspergers or autism interests you in a storyline, then also try The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence, and Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller (reviewed below).
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