Caitlin is a ten year old girl with Asperger’s syndrome. After the school shooting she’s all alone, since her brother, Devon was the only one who tried to understand her, and now he’s gone. She befriends a first grader named Michael whose mother was also killed in the school shooting. They both share the same pain. Together they try to find closure. Caitlin also tries to help her dad with his depression by telling him they need to find closure. To find closure she believes they need to finish the chest that Devon was working on before his death. Her dad is reluctant at first, but then agrees. They finish the chest and donate it to the middle school. For Caitlin, she found closure through a friend and finishing the chest, and her dad found closure through seeing his daughter grow emotionally and socially and finishing the chest as well. This is a wonderful book that makes us look into a world like Caitlin’s and see the pain of someone related to a victim of a school shooting.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
February Book Blog 4-Mockingbird
The Story
Caitlin is a ten year old girl with Asperger’s syndrome. After the school shooting she’s all alone, since her brother, Devon was the only one who tried to understand her, and now he’s gone. She befriends a first grader named Michael whose mother was also killed in the school shooting. They both share the same pain. Together they try to find closure. Caitlin also tries to help her dad with his depression by telling him they need to find closure. To find closure she believes they need to finish the chest that Devon was working on before his death. Her dad is reluctant at first, but then agrees. They finish the chest and donate it to the middle school. For Caitlin, she found closure through a friend and finishing the chest, and her dad found closure through seeing his daughter grow emotionally and socially and finishing the chest as well. This is a wonderful book that makes us look into a world like Caitlin’s and see the pain of someone related to a victim of a school shooting.
Caitlin is a ten year old girl with Asperger’s syndrome. After the school shooting she’s all alone, since her brother, Devon was the only one who tried to understand her, and now he’s gone. She befriends a first grader named Michael whose mother was also killed in the school shooting. They both share the same pain. Together they try to find closure. Caitlin also tries to help her dad with his depression by telling him they need to find closure. To find closure she believes they need to finish the chest that Devon was working on before his death. Her dad is reluctant at first, but then agrees. They finish the chest and donate it to the middle school. For Caitlin, she found closure through a friend and finishing the chest, and her dad found closure through seeing his daughter grow emotionally and socially and finishing the chest as well. This is a wonderful book that makes us look into a world like Caitlin’s and see the pain of someone related to a victim of a school shooting.
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