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  Marcelo in the Real World

  by Francisco X. Stork

  Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and surprising... (more)
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  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  by Mark Haddon

  Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and... (more)
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  Born on a Blue Day

  by Daniel Tammet

  One of the world's fifty living autistic savants is the first and only to tell his compelling and inspiring life story---and explain how his incredible mind works.
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  The London Eye Mystery

  by Siobahn Dowd

  Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London... (more)
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  Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  by John Elder Robison

  Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent... (more)
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  American Nerd: The Story of My People

  by Benjamin Nugent

  Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal nerd? Where did the modern jock come from? When and how did being a self-described nerd become trendy? As the nerd emerged, vaguely formed, in the nineteenth... (more)
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  Born on a Blue Day

  by Daniel Tammet

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  The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

  by Temple Grandin

  In this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do's and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her "insider" perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into: How and Why People with Autism Think... (more)
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  Truth or Dare

  by Celia Rees

  A room of secrets in a house of lies...When Josh explores his grandmother's house he finds an attic up a closed-off staircase. In it is a collection of strange drawings by his uncle, Patrick, who died suddenly in his teens. But he has no grave, and his name is never spoken. And Josh begins to uncover the dark truth his family has hidden for forty years...""Truth or Dare" doesn't let up - and hits you with a final... (more)
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  The Speed of Dark

  by Elizabeth Moon

  In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of... (more)
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  All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

  by Kathy Hoopmann

  All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome takes a playful look at Asperger Syndrome (AS), drawing inspiration from the feline world in a way that will strike a chord with all those who are familiar with AS. Delightful color photographs of cats bring to life familiar characteristics such as sensitive hearing, scampering at the first sign of being stroked and particular eating habits. Touching, humorous and insightful, this... (more)
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  Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey Into The Community And Culture Of High-Functioning Autism And Asperger's Syndrome

  by Valerie Paradiz?

  This provocative and pioneering book is both a refreshing exploration of the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a powerful story of the author's own struggle with her son Elijah's Asperger's Syndrome. From her first inklings of Elijah's difference to her discovery of a whole spectrum of another way of life that includes everything from civil rights organizations for autistics to Asperger artists,... (more)
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  Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  by John Elder Robinson

  Since childhood John Robinson had been called a social deviant because of odd habits. He droped out of hgih school,had savant-like abilities. He tells the nutty story of his life in this audiobook.
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  Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger's Syndrome: A Parent's Guide

  by Kathryn Stewart

  The book offers readers ways to evaluate their child's strengths and weaknesses in areas such as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language skills, and interactive abilities. It offers specific strategies for intervening and helping the child to cope with these obstacles, such as teaching the child how to... (more)
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  To Oz and Back: A Bones and the Duchess Mystery (The Bones and the Duchess Mysteries)

  by Alexandra Eden

  As the first in this endearing series of juvenile mysteries, Alexandra Eden introduces ex-policeman-turned-detective Bones Fatzinger, and clever twelve year old Verity (Duchess) Buscador—a unique pair of crime solvers. They tackle their first case of two twelve year-old best friends, Wanda and Arvilla, who have disappeared. Together Bones and Duchess attempt to decode jumbled messages written by the two girls... (more)
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  The Duchess to the Rescue: A Bones & The Duchess Mystery (Bones and the Duchess Mysteries)

  by Alexandra Eden

  Bones arrested by Grumbera and put in jail? It’s true. Someone has been spray painting bad graffiti about the chief of police all over town, and the chief is convinced it is Bones. Now it’s up to the duchess to find out who the real culprit is and prove that Bones is innocent. The duchess comes up with a brilliant plan to lay a trap for the suspects. Will the duchess’s plan work? Will they be able to... (more)
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  Hocus Focus

  by Stephen Hines

  Lenny Lusendt receives a pair of contacts that enable him to see who people really are. He sees living Ken and Barbie dolls, and teachers who are cavemen, mummies and cardboard cutouts. Since he’s the only one who sees who Pauline really is (everyone thinks she’s autistic), Lenny must race against time to rescue her before his contacts wear out.
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  Holy Smoke: A Bones and the Duchess Mystery (Bones and the Duchess Mysteries)

  by Alexandra Eden

  Bones and the Duchess are at it again! When a neighborhood church burns to the ground, Bones is hired by the church reverend to discover the culprit, but on one condition: he must get the help of "the duchess". The duchess is a young girl named Verity, a bright twelve year old with Asperger’s Syndrome who helped him solve the mystery of two missing girls in To Oz and Back. Verity claims to know who set fire to the... (more)
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  Dark Card

  by Rebecca Foust

  "Centered on the experience of raising a special child and the cruelty we inflict on difference, these poems will break and heal your heart, their rage, hope, insight and love carried by a poetic power as targeted as a bullet-train. . . . this is an extraordinary debut from a writer wise, brave, darkly witty and unrelentingly inventive, one with a story to tell and a voice to make it sing."--Barry Spacks, First... (more)