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c2005. By Beverley Brenna. This fascinating short novel is told as the summer journal of Taylor Simon, a young woman with Asperger Syndrome (AS). At eighteen and a half, Taylor is entering a summer of uncertainty, now that she has finished high school. What is worse, her mother has decided that they will be moving to a small town at a Canadian national park for the summer. At first, Taylor is very upset at the idea of so many changes, but once she is settled in the new town, she begins to pursue her own activities while her mother is working. She feels she must begin to explore the world of being an adult, and gives herself the goal of getting a boyfriend by the end of the summer. Though that goal seems elusive, she forms several other personal relationships and finds new interests at the local nature center. Eventually she even gets a job of her own. She begins to understand what being independent is like, and starts to lose her fear of the future outside of school. Her mother is not prepared for this kind of change in her daughter, but by the end of the novel, Taylor has managed to prove that she can be allowed to make her own decisions. Taylor's matter-of-fact descriptions and periods of intense frustration give the reader insight into what such periods of transition are like for young adults with AS. For young adults and beyond. (Softcover; 156 pages.) ©2007-2008. Autism Society of North Carolina.

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