- Mockingbird (Erskine novel)
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Mockingbird Author(s) Kathryn Erskine ISBN 0142417750 Mockingbird is a young adult novel by American author Kathryn Erskine.[1] The story is told from the point of view of Caitlin, a young girl with Asperger syndrome, as she attempts to deal with the unexpected death of her older brother.
Contents
Main characters
Caitlin Ann Smith, Devon Joseph Smith, Harold Joseph Smith, Mrs. Brook, Mrs. Johnson, Michael Schneider, Josh, Emma, Rachel, Brianna, Shane
Plot
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 Dad is no help at all. 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, she realizes that is what she needs. In her search for it, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white. The world is full of colors that are messy and beautiful.
Reception
Mockingbird won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
References
- ^ National Book Foundation, 17 November 2010, http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010_ypl_erskine.html
External Links
Categories:- 2010 novels
- American young adult novels
- Books about autism
- Young adult novel stubs
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