From Barnes & NobleTo his classmates, 18-year-old Holden Harris is distant and downright weird. This quiet teenager lives quite happily within his mind, but to those who don't understand his autism, his behavior is worthy of nothing more than ridicule and shunning. When popular cheerleader Lauren Reynolds gets to know him, she begins to piece together the patchwork of her own life. Gradually, she realizes that this kind boy holds the keys to lessons that most of us still avoid learning.
Publishers WeeklyAn average of 1 in 110 children has autism spectrum disorder, an astonishing number that also bespeaks sadness and frustration on the part of lots of parents of autistic children. Popular and prolific novelist Kingsbury (Ever After) takes on autism in the story Holden Harris, an 18-year-old high school student with autism and target for high school bullies.
